Re: <select name=....

Don't forget to close the </SELECT>. Netscape doesn't like it without that sometimes. - Kath ----- Original Message ----- From: "PHPBeginner.com" <php-general@phpbeginner.com> To: "Peter Houchin" <peterh@vfsa.com.au>; "PHP MAIL GROUP" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 1:16 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] <select name=.... > No it will give you the same value twice... > > you need a loop > > > <SELECT NAME="state" SIZE="1"> > <OPTION VALUE="Canberra">ACT</OPTION> > <OPTION VALUE="Victoria">VIC</OPTION> > > > > looping the rows .,...{ > > echo "<OPTION VALUE=\"".$row['state']."\">".$row['state_abbr']."</OPTION> > "; > > } > > </SELECT> > > > Sincerely, > > Maxim Maletsky > Founder, Chief Developer > > PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins) > maxim@phpbeginner.com > www.phpbeginner.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Houchin [mailto:peterh@vfsa.com.au] > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 1:17 PM > To: PHP MAIL GROUP > Subject: [PHP] <select name=.... > > > if i have a form with a select box in it how an i get the values to echo a > php value ... > > ie > > <SELECT NAME="state" SIZE="1"> > <OPTION VALUE="Canberra">ACT</OPTION> > <OPTION VALUE="Victoria">VIC</OPTION> > </SELECT> > > can i change it to say > <SELECT NAME="state" SIZE="1"> > <OPTION VALUE="<? echo $state ?>">ACT</OPTION> > <OPTION VALUE="<?echo $state ?>">VIC</OPTION> > </SELECT> > > so that when the page loads it shows which ever option is in the Data base? > > Peter Houchin > Sun Rentals > peterh@sunrentals.com.au > > > > -- > 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 >