Drop down menus help

Hello and Thank you in advance,

I am sorry I am sure that this has been asked a million times. But I am a bit of a newb and cant find the solution I am looking for.

Basically I want 2 drop down boxes.

In the first I want a place where people can select things like. Soup, Sandwich, desert

Than in the second drop down box I want values based on the first selection. So if soup is selected, I dont want Vanilla Icream in the drop down box. I would want vegetable, chicken noodle, and so on.

I would like this hard coded, so I think I need to create an array of some type. Also from what I have read I think refresh is required? Can anyone help or send me a link to a similiar post that I can look at and rip apart. Can this be done strictly with PHP or is javascript going to be needed as well?

Thanks again,
DaleW

ok, are these drops populated via a data base, or are they hard coded?

I would like this hard coded, so I think I need to create an array of some type. Also from what I have read I think refresh is required? Can anyone help or send me a link to a similiar post that I can look at and rip apart. Can this be done strictly with PHP or is javascript going to be needed as well?Something like http://bonrouge.com/~chain_select_js ?

ah, so much for my `attention to detail` ;)

Amazing! Thank you so much :thumbsup:

i made this one, pretty simple, cuts out all the crap.

http://www.blueicestudios.com/chained-select-boxes-using-php-mysql-ajax/