Clearing a selected item from a dropdown using PHP

Question

I used the code below to remove a selected item from drop down, but when I remove one, the other item pops up. For example, if these are my options: "guns, cars, money", as I select and delete guns, cars and money remains. However, if I select cars and delete it, the deleted guns options pops up again. It is frustrating.

<?php
    $opts = array("guns","knives","ammo");
    $selected = array($_POST['selectMenu']);
    $revisedOpts = array_diff($opts,$selected);
?>

<form  method="post">
<select name='selectMenu'><?php
    foreach($revisedOpts as $v) {
        echo "<option>".$v."</option>";
    }
?></select>
<input onclick="array_diff()" name="Collect" type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>

Answer 1

you want to have a look at some js code to do this. look at something like that http://www.mredkj.com/tutorials/tutorial_mixed2b.html

Answer 2

use jquery jquery auto suggestion

Answer 3

PHP only acts when the page is loaded, and you load the same code over and over. In order for previously deleted options to stay deleted, you need some kind of data persistence (like a database). Otherwise, you can use javascript to manipulate the select options on the client side browser. Here is a good discussion

If you must bind the action to onclick() and receive the event on the server side, then you will need to use an AJAX call. The onclick calls a separate PHP script which deletes the option and returns some kind of success message.