Question

Here’s my code: ($uweeks is an array of numbers)

<form action = "" method = "post"> 
<select name="weekdrop"><option value="Weeks">Choose a Week</option>
<?php                 
  for($x=0; $x < $uwsize; $x++)   {
  echo "<option value= ". $uweeks[$x] ." >" . $uweeks[$x] . "</option>";
  }?>

 </select>
</form>

What I want to do is when someone choose one of the numbers in the drop down, to echo the number on that same page. Is this possible?

Answer 1

Change the <select/> tag to this:

<select name="weekdrop" onchange="document.getElementById('special_area').innerHTML = this.value">

Then print this where you want the text to appear:

<div id="special_area"></div>

That’s how you can do it using JavaScript (along with PHP to produce your content). All dynamic changes for which you do not want to require the user to make a complete page reload, require JavaScript.