Displaying text boxes from a check box

[chimambo]

I want to make visible two or more text boxes once a user has ticked
a checkbox. I know javascript will come in here, but am a newbie.
However, I want to maintain the variables and move them back to PHP
for updating in the relevant tables. Can anyone please give me ideas.

[SrSilveira]

On Mar 7, 9:53 am, [e-mail] wrote:

I want to make visible two or more text boxes once a user has ticked
a checkbox. I know javascript will come in here, but am a newbie.
However, I want to maintain the variables and move them back to PHP
for updating in the relevant tables. Can anyone please give me ideas.

this?
<?
if (isset($_POST['field'])){
?>
<textarea name="textarea" id="textarea" cols="45" rows="5"></textarea>
<?
}
?>

[Jerry Stuckle]

ch******@googlemail.com wrote:

I want to make visible two or more text boxes once a user has ticked
a checkbox. I know javascript will come in here, but am a newbie.
However, I want to maintain the variables and move them back to PHP
for updating in the relevant tables. Can anyone please give me ideas.

As you said, you need javascript to do it. Try a javascript newsgroup
such as comp.lang.javascript.

All PHP sees is what's submitted in the request. It doesn't matter how
that data is generated.

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[Rik Wasmus]

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:53:03 +0100, <ch******@googlemail.comwrote:

I want to make visible two or more text boxes once a user has ticked
a checkbox. I know javascript will come in here, but am a newbie.
However, I want to maintain the variables and move them back to PHP
for updating in the relevant tables. Can anyone please give me ideas.

Appearing and disappearing is one for javascript indeed, so ask that in
comp.lang.javascript. I'd say both text inputs are in a container with
display=none, so the inputs are always in the form.

For this HTML fragment:
<input name="updatechecktexts" type="checkbox"
onclick="someFunctionToShowInputs(this.checked);">
<div id="hidden_block" style="display:none;">
<input name="text1" value="foo">
<input name="text2" value="bar">
</div>

The receiving PHP code would be:
if(isset($_POST['updatechecktexts'])){
//do something with $_POST['text1'] & $_POST['text2']
}

.... and make sure your page works with javascript OFF.
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Rik Wasmus

[sheldonlg]

ch******@googlemail.com wrote:

I want to make visible two or more text boxes once a user has ticked
a checkbox. I know javascript will come in here, but am a newbie.
However, I want to maintain the variables and move them back to PHP
for updating in the relevant tables. Can anyone please give me ideas.

Ask in comp.lang.javascript. This is a standard javascript operation.
First, though, look in google with words such as
javascript toggle visible
Many solutions are already published.