# idea lacking experience

**URL:** <https://www.phphelp.com/t/idea-lacking-experience/9328>\
**Category:** Beginners - Learning PHP\
**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/idea-lacking-experience/9328 "2004-07-26T19:02:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![invader980](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@invader980](https://www.phphelp.com/u/invader980)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/idea-lacking-experience/9328/1 "2004-07-26T19:02:10Z")

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i dono if this is advanced or not … i know im deffinatly not lol … but im trying to make a drop down menu bottun … that calls a connection and select info out of my sql databse so that i can show the content on an ifram on the same page … i dono how possible it will be without using java , but can somone elp me out ?

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**Author:** ![ManiacalV](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@ManiacalV](https://www.phphelp.com/u/ManiacalV)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/idea-lacking-experience/9328/2 "2004-07-26T20:14:37Z")

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If you have several IFRAMES, I’ve done it with a standard list of links. Have links in IFRAME 1 that are targeted to IFRAME2 - then read the \_GET data in IFRAME 2 to make a list of links that target IFRAME 3, and so on. With a real drop down you’ll have problems not using javascript - can’t target, no onClick or whatever. I find making a nice IFRAME with a scroll bar and just standard href with target works and uses no javascript.

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**Author:** ![invader980](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@invader980](https://www.phphelp.com/u/invader980)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/idea-lacking-experience/9328/3 "2004-07-26T20:41:58Z")

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ok thanx for the advice , how woudl i go about incorperating javascript in with my drop down … would i have to rebuild the whole thing (not that it would take alot of work but to save time never the less)? i know nothing about java lol

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**Author:** ![invader980](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@invader980](https://www.phphelp.com/u/invader980)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/idea-lacking-experience/9328/4 "2004-07-26T23:12:00Z")

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> [@""invader980""](#):
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> ok thanx for the advice , how woudl i go about incorperating javascript in with my drop down … would i have to rebuild the whole thing (not that it would take alot of work but to save time never the less)? i know nothing about java lol

i think i need to specifie its not a regular drop down menu like a form would use its a drop down style navigation menu where ive created a serious of layers that show and hide each other ( i just thoguht about it after i re read my post)