PHP Insert record logic

Question

Hello,
I'm coming up blank on the basic logic to insert a record based on results gathered to a form page. Inserting txt field entry items are are no problem but I have a displayed value created by polling another table, collecting the results, then passes the results to the form page and if there are no results displays a message in place of "the results".
I now want to simply (or obviously not for me) include "the results" as one of the values I am inserting from the form as a new record.
Using this code I gather my list of Models selected:
Code:

Answer 1

things grow cloudy....<br /><br />Seems I can only use the method once. IF used in the value of a text field it works:<br /><br /> <input type="text" name="selectedModels" id="selectedModels" value="<?php <br />       if ($totalRows_rsCookModels == 0) {<br />          echo ("No models selected") ; <br />} else { <br />do { <br />                    echo $row_rsCookModels['model_name']; <br />                    echo (", ") ;<br />                     } while ($row_rsCookModels = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsCookModels)); }?>"><br /><br />But then the later same code used to display the results to screen fails:<br /><br /> <?php if ($totalRows_rsCookModels == 0) {<br />          echo ("No models selected") ; // Show if recordset empty <br />} else {<br />          do {<br />     echo $row_rsCookModels['model_name'];<br />     echo (", ") ;<br />} while ($row_rsCookModels = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsCookModels));<br />          }<br />?><br /><br />But that same latter code works when the form field code is removed.<br /><br />Is there something that is wiping out some available value? Does the recordset expire after use? I'm sure I could create a different named record set but that seems to be less efficient.<br /><br />Any idea what new logic I need to grasp to understand the problem? Again should I be creating a var value of the string so t can be used multiple times in the same page? Is that the logic that escapes me? Us?