RE: [PHP] One more form question

-----Original Message----- From: David Chamberlin To: php-general@lists.php.net Is there an easy way to set something in a select list to be selected? Right now I'm doing a real brute-force method. e.g., echo "<td><select name=\"disp_address\">"; $choices = array( 'pub' => 'On Public Page', 'members' => 'Only on Members Page', 'nodisp' => 'Do not Display' ); foreach ( $choices as $key => $choice ) { $selected = ''; if ( strcmp( $key, $member_info->display_address ) == 0 ) { $selected = 'selected'; } echo "<option value=\"$key\" $selected>$choice"; } echo '</select></td>'; -------------------------- Well, that's pretty much how to do it. I'd really only query the expense of a call to strcmp(), rather than just doing a straight comparison. And I'd tend to do the if in-line where required, rather than assigning to an intermediate variable. Which gives you this: foreach ( $choices as $key => $choice ) { echo "<option value=\"$key\"" if ($key==$member_info->display_address) { echo 'selected'; } echo ">$choice</option>"; } Actually, I often wrap the "selected" test into a ?: operator, so you get something like this: foreach ( $choices as $key => $choice ) { echo "<option value=\"$key\"" . . ($key==$member_info->display_address?'selected':'') . ">$choice</option>"; } Also, the suggestion of turning this whole thing into a function is a good one, if that works for you. Cheers! Mike Ford