Question

I have a php page with a dropdown list that is populated by a mysql query.

$departmentsql="select `department` from `departments` order by department"; 
$resultdepartment=mysql_query($departmentsql); 
$optionsdepartment=""; 
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($resultdepartment)) { 
    $department=$row["department"]; 
    $optionsdepartment.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$department\">".$department; 
}

drop down list code

<SELECT NAME="department" id="department"> 
<OPTION VALUE=0 >
<?=$optionsdepartment?>
</SELECT>

I have an option on the page to add a new department, which happens in a drop down list. Once I have added the department? This can be initiated byt he popup page closing or by a refresh link on the page?

Can this be done with PHP or is Javascript required?

Thanks and Regards,
Ryan

Answer 1

You need to use AJAX based queries to achieve this.