dropdown filter

hey Ray

On the attached page the default results returned are listed by category (mens, womens or childrens at the moment) from the productcategories table

I want to allow the user to then filter using the dropdown based on brand name (from the productmanufacturers table) so that it will show only mens, for example and then by brand name.

How wouold I do this with the RS and search/filter o sort?

Thanks

If you give the list a name you should be able to check for that list name as a trigger and define a filter for the recordset. Where are you getting stuck?

  Where are you getting stuck?  

these bits:

  check for that list name as a trigger and define a filter for the recordset  

Currently your list uses the code:

<select class="select filterBy">

It will need a name attribute to refer to it after submit.

Something like:
<select class="select filterBy" name="filterBy">

Then you can use the $_POST['flterBy'] value in an IF statement and in the search code to do the filter.

OK, have tried setting the search up using:

<?php

$searchProducts_1 = new WA_MySQLi_Search("Categories","");

if ((isset($_GET["WADbSearch1"])) && ($_GET["WADbSearch1"] != "")) {
  $searchProducts_1->clearSearch();
  $searchProducts_1->setSearch(array("type"=>"k","comparison"=>"like", "and"=>" "), array("ManufacturerName"), "c", "".((isset($_POST["FilterBrand"]))?$_GET["FilterBrand"]:"")  ."");
}
?>
<?php
if ((isset($_GET["FilterBrand"])) && ($_GET["FilterBrand"] === "")) {
  $searchProducts_1->clearSearch();
  $searchProducts_1->setSearch(array("type"=>"v","comparison"=>"="), array("ProductSKU"), "s", "donotshowresults");
}
?>
<?php
@session_start();
if (isset($_GET['FilterBrand'])) {
  $_SESSION["FilterBrand"] = $_GET['FilterBrand'];
}
?>

but a) it stops the unfiltered results from showing
and
b) the dropdown doesnt do anything

have atatched the page

Your form action is set to POST and you are using GET in your trigger and filter code. Those would have to match.

ok am getting there....

I have added a submit button to trigger the option but

1) how do I get it to trigger without the button
2) no results are being returned

fresh version of the page attached

You can use javascript and the onchange event of the list to automatically submit the form and then trigger off the select list itself instead of the button.

You will have to debug the search returning no results. Maybe dump the recordset to the body of the page above the results and see what the final query is and see if you can spot the problem:

var_dump($RecordsetName);