Auto Populate DropDownList from another DropDownList based in PHP

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Hi,

I am trying to populate a dropdownlist based on another dropdownlist selection and not getting the result. Bellow is my code, Please tell me where I am wrong.

The Controller: index.php

PHP

	$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', 'aweklin@topnetconsulting');
	if (!$link){
		echo 'There was an error connecting to database server: ' . mysqli_error($link);
		exit();
	}
	if (!mysqli_select_db($link, 'practice')){
		echo 'There was an error selecting practice database: ' . mysqli_error($link);
		exit();
	}
	
	$sql = "SELECT cat_id, category FROM category ORDER BY category";
	$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql);
	
	if (!$result){
		echo 'There was an error fetching categories: ' . mysqli_error($link);
		exit();
	}
	
	while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
		$categories[] = array('catid' => $row['cat_id'], 'cat' => $row['category']);
	}
	
	if (isset($_REQUEST['catDDL'])){
		$catid = $_REQUEST['catDDL'];
		$sql = "SELECT subcat_id, subcategory FROM category WHERE cat_id = '$catid' ORDER BY category";
		$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql);
		
		if (!$result){
			echo 'There was an error fetching subcategories: ' . mysqli_error($link);
			exit();
		}
		
		while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
			$subcategories[] = array('catid' => $row['subcat_id'], 'cat' => $row['subcategory']);
		}
	}
	
	include 'test.html.php';
?>

The Form: text.html.php

<pre lang="PHP"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
	<title>Categories</title>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		function populateSubCategory(){
			window.location = 'index.php';
		}
	</script>
</head>

<body>

	<form id="catform" action="index.php" method="post">
		Category:	
		<select id="catDDL" name="catDDL"  önchange="populateSubCategory();">
			<option value="">Select One<option
			<?php if(isset($categories)): ?><br mode="hold" /?>				<?php foreach($categories as $category): ??>
					<option value="<?php echo $category['catid']; ?>"?>
						<?php echo $category['cat']; ??>		
					</option>
				<?php endforeach; ??>
			<?php endif; ??>
		</select>
		<br />
		Sub Category:
		<select id="subCatDDL" name="subCatDDL">
			<option value="">Select sub category</option>
			<?php if(isset($subcategories)): ??>
				<?php foreach($subcategories as $subcategory): ??>
					<option value="<?php echo $subcategory['catid']; ?>"?>
						<?php echo $subcategory['cat']; ??>		
					</option>
				<?php endforeach; ??>
			<?php endif; ??>
		</select>
	</form>
	
</body>
</html>

Posted 1-Aug-11 21:11pm

awedaonline

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