Re: New way to make select boxes auto select

Hello Nathan, Thursday, July 25, 2002, 7:33:31 PM, you wrote: NC> You may already be doing it like this, but I think I found a new way to NC> make select boxes auto-select (what data they put in) a lot easier. All you NC> have to do is put a variable in each select tag that is equal to the value NC> of the select option i.e.: <option value=teacher $teacher> -- then all you NC> have to do is base the variable on that <select name=interest> $$interest = NC> "selected"; quick and easy with out having to loop through an if elseif NC> statement. Let me know if you like that method or have any objections. NC> Full example below. NC> print("<select name=interest>\n"); NC> // creates a variable with a name based on NC> // the value of interest with a value of "selected" NC> $$interest = "selected"; NC> print("<option value=>- Select One -</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=teacher $teacher>Teacher</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=lego $lego>Lego Enthusiast</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=student $student>Student</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=homeschool $homeschool>Homeschool NC> Parent</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=browsing $browsing>Browsing</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=afterschool $afterschool>Afterschool</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=bgca $bgca>Boys & Girls Club</option>\n"); NC> print("<option value=ymca $ymva>YMCA</option>\n"); NC> print("</select>&nbsp;&nbsp;\n"); NC> [ Nathan Cook | ncook@pcsedu.com ] I use the same method with templates (class Template in PHPLib), I put on your $teacher var my template var {TEACHER} for example and then just assign to {TEACHER} the value "selected" -- Best regards, Alexander Kuznetsov