April 28, 2012
Dynamically add options to a list through a hidden iframe
Question by user1157439
I want to dynamically add options to a list through a hidden iframe; I suspect my mistake is in the PHP below:
<?php echo 'var oInner = document.createTextNode("'.$donnees["name"].'");'; ?>
because my code works perfectly with:
<?php echo 'var oInner = document.createTextNode("Newoption");'; ?>
I don’t know why createtextnode doesn’t want to take my PHP var… I thought it could be a same origin policy since the database is located on a server outside my website.
I don’t know.
You’ll find enclosed the complete code:
In my HTML I have:
//select or change a country will trigger the javascript part
<select name="countrym" id="countrym" onchange="validcountry();">
<option value"France">France</option>
</select>
//Empty region list
<select name="regionm" id="regionm">
</select>
//My Iframe
<iframe name="upload_iframe2" id="upload_iframe2" frameborder="0"></iframe>
In my Javascript I have:
//My function triggering the PHP through the Iframe
function validcountry() {
var countrym = document.getElementById('countrym');
var choixco = countrym.options[countrym.selectedIndex].value;
document.getElementById('upload_iframe2').src = 'region.php?choix='+choixco;
In my PHP region.php file, I have:
<?php
// Get my choice
$codepays = $_GET['choix'];
//Retrieve the regions corresponding to the country
$pdo_options[PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE] = PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION;
$bdd = new PDO(XXX);
$req = $bdd->prepare('SELECT name FROM regions WHERE country = :country');
$req->execute(array('country' => $codepays));
$donnees = $req->fetch();
while($donnees)
{
// I checked the format of the data (no problem so far)
echo var_dump ($donnees['name']);
?>
//I add an option through Javascript
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var oOption = document.createElement("option");
//Here is my big issue:
<?php echo 'var oInner = document.createTextNode("'.$donnees["name"].'");'; ?>
oOption.value = "none";
oOption.appendChild(oInner);
var parDoc = window.parent.document;
var regionm = parDoc.getElementById("regionm");
regionm.appendChild(oOption);
</script>
<?php
$donnees = $req->fetch();
}
$req->closeCursor();
exit();
?>
Answer by Starx
I am suspecting that the indexed element cannot be found. But is all cases, this below should work.
<?php echo 'var oInner = document.createTextNode("'. (isset($donnees["name"]) ? $donnees["name"] : '') .'");'; ?>