sending drag and drop data to a php file

[franco714]

im a complete idiot when it comes to javascript and i have no idea how to get the string that is created from this drag and drop script

http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/index.ht...rrange-nodes-2

to a php file. theres some instructions on there to put it in a form but it might as well be chinese to me

can someone help me out by getting this into a php file as a variable. id really apreciate it

thanks

[franco714]

anyone?

this is the part that i dont get which im guessing does what im trying to do

function saveData()
	{
		var saveString = "";
		for(var no=0;no<dragableObjectArray.length;no++){
			if(saveString.length>0)saveString = saveString + ';';
			ref = dragableObjectArray[no];
			saveString = saveString + ref['obj'].id;
		}	
		
		alert(saveString);	// For demo only
		
		/* 	Put this item into a hidden form field and then submit the form 
		
		example:
		
		document.forms[0].itemOrder.value = saveString;
		document.forms[0].submit;
		
		On the server explode the values by use of server side script. Then update your database with the new item order
		
		*/

[dmsuperman]

What you'll do is set up a hidden form:

<form target="somepage.php" id="dragDropForm" style="display: hidden;"><input type="text" name="data" id="dragDropData"></form>

Then have a button that calls the following function:

function saveDragDrop(){
  var saveString = "";
  for(var no=0;no<dragableObjectArray.length;no++){
    if(saveString.length>0)saveString = saveString + ';';
    ref = dragableObjectArray[no];
    saveString = saveString + ref['obj'].id;
  }
  document.getElementById("dragDropData").value = saveString;
  document.getElementById("dragDropForm").submit;
}

And then it will submit it to a somepage.php with $_GET["name"] being the string of data in the format: "elementone;elementtwo;elementthree;elementfour"

[franco714]

so i replace the function saveData() with the function you gave me??

thanks ill try it out

[franco714]

im really sorry but im still not getting this... heres what i got so far

http://board-source.com/layout-tool.html

[franco714]

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