jump Menu from checkboxes

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Last Post: October 23, 2010   (RSS)

By jtedescojam - October 20, 2010

Businesses are listed in a multi-section editor and separated by categories with checkboxes since a single business can have multiple categories. I'm trying to create a jump menu that shows all listings under specific checked-off categories and was able to do it with the below code... only problem is, any listing that is double-exposed, shows up twice... can we avoid the duplication?
<select name="jumpMenu" id="jumpMenu" onchange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0)">
<option value="#" selected="selected">Find a Store</option>
<?php foreach ($local_listingsRecords as $record): ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Animals/Pets')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-animalsPets.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Antiques')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-antiques.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Apparel and Accessories')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-apparelAccessories.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Crafts and Gifts')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-craftsGifts.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Furniture')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-furniture.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Galleries')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-galleries.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Home/Decor')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-homeDecor.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Jewelry')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-jewelry.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php endforeach ?>
</select>
John Tedesco

Creative Director



JAM Graphics

Re: [jtedescojam] jump Menu from checkboxes

By Chris - October 20, 2010 - edited: October 22, 2010

Hi jtedescojam,

You can use elseif to prevent more than one of your conditional blocks from running:

<select name="jumpMenu" id="jumpMenu" onchange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0)">
<option value="#" selected="selected">Find a Store</option>
<?php foreach ($local_listingsRecords as $record): ?>
<?php if (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Animals/Pets')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-animalsPets.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php elseif (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Antiques')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-antiques.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php elseif (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Apparel and Accessories')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-apparelAccessories.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php elseif (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Crafts and Gifts')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-craftsGifts.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php elseif (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Furniture')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-furniture.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php elseif (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Galleries')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-galleries.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php elseif (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Home/Decor')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-homeDecor.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php elseif (strpos($record['subsection'], 'Jewelry')): ?>
<option value="http://ilovechester.accountsupport.com/shopping-jewelry.php#<?php echo urlencode($record['title']) ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></option>
<?php endif ?>
<?php endforeach ?>
</select>

Does that help? Please let me know if you have any questions.
All the best,
Chris

Re: [chris] jump Menu from checkboxes

By jtedescojam - October 20, 2010

I see what you did here... but I'm getting an internal server error 0 with this markup
John Tedesco

Creative Director



JAM Graphics

Re: [jtedescojam] jump Menu from checkboxes

By Mikey - October 21, 2010

Jtedescojam,
Have a look at the thread link below. I was trying to achieve something similar to what you're trying to do. Jason provided some really great support and helped me get my check boxes into a drop down menu that can be selected to jump site visitors over to the pages they are related to.
http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=81718;t=search_engine

Jason did a great job on this and it works like a charm.
Zick

Re: [zick] jump Menu from checkboxes

By jtedescojam - October 21, 2010

Thank you Zick for pointing this out.. I tried to go through this and understand the difference.. but it's just a little too confusing since I think the setup was a little different... Chris, can you see where the error is coming from in what you sent?
John Tedesco

Creative Director



JAM Graphics

Re: [chris] jump Menu from checkboxes

By jtedescojam - October 23, 2010

Thanks Chris, I really didn't think that could have been a possibility! [:P]
John Tedesco

Creative Director



JAM Graphics