Re: dynamic form help

Thanks for that bit of help...but, is there any way to do it where I don't have the list of options stored in the db? I can add them to the db, but I'd rather not since I have so many form fields to do. Thanks!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cristian Donoso" <cdonoso@woc.cl> To: "Jon Rosenberg" <php@columbusinteractive.com>; "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:27 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] dynamic form help > > What would be the best way to do the following? I have a mysql db record, > I > > have it so people can login against the db and now I want to allow them to > > edit the information about them in the db. The form they create their > entry > > with is a combination of text boxes and drop-down selection menus. When > > they log in I want the form that comes up to have the values in it that > they > > originally signed up with. I know how to populate the text box fields > > dynamicly with value=$var_name , but how can I make it so that the > selection > > drop-down menus have what they selected? I essentially need to be able to > > write those parts of the form like this: > > > > drop-down: > > > > You have 3 choices, your current selection is...you can change it if you'd > > like and save it to the db: > > <SELECT> > > <OPTION>1</OPTION> > > <OPTION selected>2</OPTION> > > <OPTION>3</OPTION> > > </SELECT> > > > > how can I make it so that the 'selected' appears in the right place? and > > yet still include all the other options so they can change it if they want > > to? > > If you have stored in your DB the option, you can do something like this: > > print "<SELECT>"; > for ($i=1 ; $i<=3; $i++) { > ($i == $value_from_database) ? $sel = "selected" : $sel = ""; > print "<OPTION $sel>$i</OPTION>"; > } > print "</SELECT>"; > > this only works if the $value_from_database is an INTEGER but that's the > idea. > > ______________________________ > Cristian Donoso Monteiro > Temuco - Chile > > > > -- > 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 >