Re: Detecting which item too select in a select
| From: | Matt McClanahan | Date: | Wed, 20 Dec 2000 04:04:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Detecting which item too select in a select | ||
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Joseph H Blythe wrote:
> 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:
Well, you could rework this fairly easilly with a for loop.
<select name="foof">
<? for ($i = 1; $i < 4; $i++) { ?>
<option value="<? echo $i ?>"
<? echo ($i == $somevar) ? ' selected' : '' ?>><? echo $i
?>
</option>
<? } ?>
Or something to that effect. For dropdowns with values that are strings,
it'd be easier to do it in an array and a while loop, which I'm sure
somebody will mention.
Matt