Re: Select value for driopdown box

This line: $selected = $state == $sel_state ? "selected=\"selected\"" : ""; should probably be: $selected = (($state == $sel_state) ? "selected=\"selected\"" : ""); I haven't tested this correction, but have had to use the parentheses in my code many times to fix problems with using ? : Greg -- phpDocumentor http://www.phpdoc.org "Ben C." <benc@cox.net> wrote in message news:AIEKJHFHCPDJIKLELPKEKECJEIAA.benc@cox.net... > I tried to use the below but it does not work. Please help! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Sweeney [mailto:Michael.Sweeney@verisity.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:29 AM > To: Ben C. > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Select value for driopdown box > > > Assuming that you know which state is selected before you build the > select list: > > $sel_state = $_REQUEST['state']; > > ... > > while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > $buyerid = $row['buyerid']; > $state = $row['state']; > $selected = $state == $sel_state ? "selected=\"selected\"" : > ""; > > $option_block .= "<option value=\"$state\" $selected>". > "$state</option>\n"; > } > > That will put the string "selected=\"selected\"" (xhtml compliant) into > the option statement for the state that was selected. > > ..michael.. > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 10:14, Ben C. wrote: > > I am using the query below to edit a record. I want to edit the field > which has a list of states in a dropdown box. I want to have the state > that is in the selected field shown as the selected state. How would I do > this? > > > > > > Query > > ------------------------- > > <? > > $sql = "SELECT * > > FROM $table_name > > WHERE buyerid = \"$buyerid\" > > "; > > > > $result = @mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die(mysql_error()); > > > > > > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > > $buyerid = $row['buyerid']; > > $state = $row['state']; > > > > $option_block .= "<option > > value=\"$state\">$state</option>"; > > } > > > > $display_block = " > > > > <select name=\"state\" class=Pgtext> > > $option_block > > </select> > > ?> > > > > <tr> > > <td width="258" class="Pgtext" > > height="21">State</td> > > <td width="259" height="21"><? echo $display_block; > > ?></td> > > </tr> > > > > -------------------------------- > -- > Michael Sweeney <sweeney@verisity.com> > Verisity Design, Inc >