Re: option selected

mike karthauser wrote:

Once i have selected from the drop box the variable is submitted back to my table and saved. When re-edit the data - the record already has a value for catcode which i want to reflect within the drop box - in html it would be the addition of selected="selected" within the . Are there any recommended methods of doing this?

I'd change the following:

printf("<option value=\"%s\">%s</option>\n", $myrow["catcode"], $myrow["title"]);

into this: $l=$myrow['catcode']; ?><option value="<?=$l;?>"<?=($catcode==$l)?' selected="selected"':"";?>><?=$myrow['cattitle'];?></option><? -- Kae Verens _______\_ webworks.ie work: www.webworks.ie _____\\__ webhosts play: www.contactjuggling.org ___\\\___ design kae: kverens.contactjuggling.org _\\\\____ code