Re: Dynamic Drop-down list

Moreover, you can put SELECTED only on the item you want to show up first. .:: Nathan Cook [ ncook@pcsedu.com ] ::. Systems & Network Administrator :: Programmer [ phone - 208.343.3110 ][ pager - 208.387.9983 ] ----- Original Message ----- From: "DanO" <dano@informano.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:05 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Dynamic Drop-down list > > the 'SELECTED' attribute will select an item in a dropdown list. > > by default, with no SELECTED attribute, the first item will be shown and > selected. > > make sense? > > DanO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Cary [mailto:todd@aristesoftware.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 5:00 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Dynamic Drop-down list > > > I create a Drop-down from a DB table. All works as expected *except* > the default item (the one showing to the surfer) is the last in the > list. Is there a way I can have the first item show? > > Todd > > /* Make a drop-down */ > function make_dropdown($ddName, $itemList, $first) { > if (count($itemList)) { > echo("<SELECT NAME=" . $ddName . ">"); > if ($first) { > echo('<OPTION VALUE="**" SELECTED>' . $first); > }; > while (list ($key, $val) = each ($itemList)) { > echo('<OPTION VALUE="' . $key . '" SELECTED>' . > $val); > }; > echo("</SELECT>"); > }; > }; > > > > -- > Todd Cary > Ariste Software > todd@aristesoftware.com > > > > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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 > >