RE: [PHP] Trying to keep a dropdown selection sticky

The selection will stick until you do a form submit. The most common practice in PHP is to update the database with the value from the form or at least save it in a session. After the update you can redisplay your form after fetching the DB contents or getting the selection from the session into a variable (say $choice) and modify the loop below in your form so that the echo inside the loop is broken into the following; foreach ($state_list as $key => $value) { echo "<option value=\"$key\""; if($key == $choice) echo " selected"; // now it's sticky ;-) echo "> $value</option>\n"; } When you fail to indicate which item in a select list is "selected" most browsers will default to showing the first entry (effectively unsticking your choice). Good luck, Warren Vail > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael S. Dunsavage [mailto:mikesd@ptd.net] > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 6:32 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Trying to keep a dropdown selection sticky > > I have a form I want to keep sticky, but I can't figure out > how. I got all the <INPUT>'s to be sticky.... > > The select script > > > <?php > echo '<strong>State</strong><br>'; > echo '<select name="State">'; > foreach ($state_list as $key => $value) { > echo "<option value=\"$key\"> $value</option>\n"; > } > echo '</select>'; > echo '<br>'; > > > > ?> > > > so now how do I keep that sticky? > > -- > Michael S. Dunsavage > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >