Re: automatically selecting HTML drop down

Alternativitly to save an "if" for every entry: Put the the $currentStat one at the top which makes it selected. echo '<select name="state">'; echo '<option value="' . $currentState . '"'; for( $i = 0; $i < count($arr); $i++ ) { echo "<option value='" . $arr[$i] . "'>\n"; } echo '</select>'; HTH, David. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt McClanahan <cardinal@dodds.net> To: Dustin Leggans <dustinl@rocketmail.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] automatically selecting HTML drop down > On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Dustin Leggans wrote: > > > Hello.. > > > > I am creating a phone book database... I have an "edit" page where users can > > come in and change their information, certain fields, like STATE, have > > concrete values that will not vary from user to user therefore I use a drop > > down list. When this edit page comes up, I would like the STATE dropdown to > > default to the STATE value that the user has. For example, if a user from > > California logs in to change some information, the drop-down state list > > should default to the CA value. > > Well, in order to fill in the other (text) fields, you'll need to query > the DB in order to populate your edit form. It follows that you'd also > have the state that they selected. So... > > // $currentState is the state they've picked previously > > $states = Array('Alabama','Alaska', ... 'Wyoming'); > echo '<select name="state">'; > > for( $i = 0; $i < 51; $i++ ) > { > echo '<option value="' . $arr[$i] . '"'; > if( $arr[$i] == $currentState ) > echo ' selected'; > echo '>' . "\n"; > } > > echo '</select>'; > > HTH, > Matt > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >