Drag and drop to columns - How do i get it to save?

[Gewain]

I've read the example and i still dont understand how this is made, guess im not that smart

The example says:

1. Create a form with a hidden form field: example:
<form name="myForm" method="post" action="save.html" onsubmit="saveDragDropNodes()">
<input type="hidden" name="listOfItems" value="">
<input type="submit" value="Save" name="saveButton">
</form>
2. Update the hidden form field with this line at the bottom of the saveDragDropNodes function:
document.forms['myForm'].listOfItems.value = saveString;

Any kind person mind explaining to me how this is done? Would be most grateful!

Got a website with MySQL and PHP support and it would be great to have it working !

// Gewain

[Gewain]

Lets say my username is gewain and my pw is gewain2 do i have to start with the following to connect to my database ( named gewain too )?

mysql_connect('localhost', 'gewain', 'gewain2');
mysql_select_db('gewain');

Would be most grateful for help with this ..

[Gewain]

K i have tried to fix first part and it looks like this now:

1. Now reads:

<div id="footer">
<form name="myForm" method="post" action="save.html" onsubmit="saveDragDropNodes()">
<input type="hidden" name="listOfItems" value="">
<input type="submit" value="Spara" name="savebutton">
</form>
</div>

2. Now reads:

/*
Preparing data to be saved
*/
function saveDragDropNodes()
{
var saveString = "";
var uls = dragDropTopContainer.getElementsByTagName('UL');
for(var no=0;no<uls.length;no++){ // LOoping through all <ul>
var lis = uls[no].getElementsByTagName('LI');
for(var no2=0;no2<lis.length;no2++){
if(saveString.length>0)saveString = saveString + ";";
saveString = saveString + uls[no].id + '|' + lis[no2].id;
}
}

document.forms['myForm'].listOfItems.value = saveString;

}

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Can anyone confirm if this is right or wrong?

The only thing that happens now is that i get a "server not found" msg.

[Gewain]

[Batalf]

[Gewain]

[Batalf]

[Gewain]

Thanx for the answer mate

Kind of lost how this last bit is gonna be, still struggling with HTTP 405 so im kinda stuck atm ..

There isnt any way to explode the output directly into the database so i dont need to dump to save.html first?

[Gewain]

[Gewain]

[Gewain]

[Gewain]

I give up, tried everything i can think of ...

[Batalf]

Hi

What do you expect to see in save.php ?

The save routine doesn't output any data, it is only suppose to save the nodes.

[Gewain]

[Gewain]