Re: Generating an option list with a default

On 01/25/2014 12:45 PM, Jennifer wrote:

Hello all, We have a PHP form with a static <option> list, where people can request a product sample. http://www.superiorshelving.com/mfg/aigner/sample.php There are links on multiple pages that call this page. I would like to send a different default option to that form from each of those pages so that the customer doesn't have to pop-up the list to choose it manually. Of course, if they go to that form directly, there shouldn't be a default. What would be the best way to handle this? I'm thinking to have code generate the list with the default undefined, and then have the links to that page pass a variable to the form to set a default. Does that sound like it would work? Any other ideas are appreciated! Thank you, Jenni Superior Shelving Systems::::.... http://www.SuperiorShelving.com The (Storage|Office|Home|Warehouse) Shelving Specialists Since 1984 Wire LAN Shelving: http://www.superiorshelving.com/mfg/nexel/pages/wire-shelving-chrome.php

I would suggest having either an anchor or a button on the first page linking to the second page with the form. So, on the first page, you would have something like this: Universal way <a href="sample.php?d=4">Go to Sample page</a> or <form action="sample.php" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="d" value="4" /> <input type="submit" value="Got to Sample page" /> </form> or an HTML5 method <button formmethod="get" formaction="sample.php?d=4">Go to Sample page</button> Then, once you get to generating the form -> select box options, do something like this. I assume you are looping through some sort of list to generate the options. In my example, I am using an ID instead of a label. But you could use a label instead of an ID, you would simply match it to the value of the option instead of the ID of the option. <?php ... Get your options together into an array ... $id = intval($_GET['d']); foreach ( $options AS $k => $option ) { $k = htmlspecialchars($k); $option = htmlspecialchars($option); $sel = ( $id == $k ? ' selected="selected"' : '' ); echo "\t<option value=\"{$k}\"{$sel}>{$option}</option>\n"; } -- Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/