Re: Conditional default value of drop-down list
| From: | bill | Date: | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:56:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Conditional default value of drop-down list | ||
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see below
Jason End wrote:
> How could I make the default value of the list be
> conditional on the categories id? So if the variable
> categories id is "3",
$listdefault[3]="selected";
echo "<select count=\"1\" name=\"categories\">\n";
// walk through list of categories somehow,
// in this case, an array called $catlist
for ($i=1; $i<=count($catlist);$i++) {
echo " <option value=\"$i\"
$listdefault[$i]>$catlist[$i]</option>\n";
}
echo "</select>\n";
> the initial value shown in that
> drop down menu will be the description of the category
> with id 3.
> Does this make sense?
>
> thanks,
>
> J
>
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