i have got this code so far but it don't seem to be doing what i need, i have followed a few examples but this is what ive done at top of my head. hope someone can help. just need to populate the table now
<title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <script src="jquery.js"></script> <script src="jquery.jCombo.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> </style> <?php $directory = opendir("C:/xampp/htdocs/SE3S604CW3/xml"); $storeFilesIntoArray[] = "please select XML to load"; while (($fileName = readdir($directory)) !== false) { $getLastFourDigitsOfFile = substr($fileName,-4); if($getLastFourDigitsOfFile == ".xml") { #echo "filename is " . $fileName . "<br/>"; $storeFilesIntoArray[] = $fileName; } } $json = json_encode($storeFilesIntoArray); echo $json; //close directory and print the contents of the array to check if its working. closedir($directory); ?> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("#list1").jCombo($json, {} ); }); </script> <select name="list1" id="list1"></select><br><br> </body> </html>