Okay, so I have a product for cars/trucks that has 14 different variations. I want users to be able to easily search by year, make, and model for which variation they will need. Once they select their year, make, and model and click submit, i want them to be taken to that products page. I would have a 14 lists and there would be many many many vehicles per list. I don't know php, I am learning javascript and have an understanding of how it. I have editied a php script around for a contact form that was given to me and had no problems. I am hoping this is simple enough that someone might throw me a bone so I can run with it or something. If you have any questions just ask! Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
you should really use a database to store your product. You could the store year,make,model info with each product variation as well a product url, and use an sql query to select the appropriate product page. take for example you have a database table for your products that has the following fields: tblproducts{ id year make model product product_page } $query = "SELECT product_page FROM tblproducts WHERE product='".$_POST['product']."' AND year='".$_POST['year']."' AND make='".$_POST['make'].'" AND model='".$_POST['model']."';"; //get the record code depends on database used example for mysql $rs = mysq_execute($query) or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_array($rs,MYSQL_BOTH); $page=$row['product_page']; mysql_free_result($rs); header("location: $page"); Code (markup): this is a simplified example in practice a database should be designed so that you wouldn't have as much redundant data.
I read through the entire tutorial on php in tizag.com and have a much better understanding of php now. If I do the same on MySQL I should be able to understand what you've just said better and likely write similar code myself right? Well I hope so haha. I'll be back in a few hours lol