Re: Defaults in drop down list...

At 11:54 AM 1/6/03 -0600, Steven Kallstrom wrote:

<select name="state">

            <option value="AL"{$stateselected['AL']}>Alabama</option>
            <option value="AK"{$stateselected['AK']}>Alaska</option>
            <option value="AZ"{$stateselected['AZ']}>Arizona</option>
            .

</select> $stateselected['$state'] is an array that stores the state that was selected on the prior form. is there an easier way, to have a default state picked out of this drop down list.???

Write a function that paints selects: $States = array( 'AL' => 'Alabama', ... function PaintSelect( $Name, $Values, $Selected ) { echo "<SELECT NAME=\"$Name\">\n"; reset( $Values ); while( list( $Index, $Value ) = each( $Values )) { $Selected = ( $Selected == $Index ) ? ' SELECTED' : ''; echo " <OPTION VALUE=\"$Index\"$SELECTED>$Value</OPTION>\n' } echo "</SELECT>\n"; } Then call lt like this ... State: <? PaintSelect( 'State', $States, $stateselected['$state'] ) ?><BR> Rick