Detecting which item too select in a select
| From: | Joseph H Blythe | Date: | Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:01:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Detecting which item too select in a select | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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hey all,
I asked this question some time ago, but could not figure this one out.
basically I need some way of detecting which item is selected in a form's drop down list this
is the way I have been doing it in the past:
<select name="foo">
<?php if ( $somevar == 1 ) { ?>
<option value="1" selected>1</option>
<?php } else { ?>
<option value="1">1</option>
<?php } if ( $somevar == 2 ) { ?>
<option value="2" selected>2</option>
<?php } else { ?>
<option value="2">2</option>
<?php } if ( $somevar == 3 ) { ?>
<option value="3" selected>3</option>
<?php } else { ?>
<option value="3">3</option>
<?php } ?>
</select>
you can imagine how cluncky this gets when using a large list like country codes etc.. and seeing im
using FastTemplates I do not want to use this method.
Any ideas would be appreciated,
Regards
Joseph