RE: [PHP] Better way (if...elseif...else)

Make sure you reset $selected at the end of the while loop. if HTML readability is a concern you can also do something like the following( for static lists I find it easier this way ): <?php $priority_selected[$priority] = 'SELECTED'; ?> <SELECT NAME="priority">

        <OPTION VALUE="000" <?php echo($priority_selected['000'])?>>Low
        <OPTION VALUE="050" <?php echo($priority_selected['050'])?>>Medium
        <OPTION VALUE="100" <?php echo($priority_selected['100'])?>>High

</SELECT> morgan At 05:30 PM 3/29/2001 -0800, Jason Lotito wrote:

-----Original Message----- From: Ashley M. Kirchner [mailto:ashley@pcraft.com] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:56 PM To: PHP-General List Subject: [PHP] Better way (if...elseif...else)

    Is there a better way to write the following snippet:

    if ($priority == "000") {
      $fcol="high";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"000\" selected>High\n";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"050\">Medium\n";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"100\">Low\n";
    } elseif ($priority == "050") {
      $fcol="med";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"000\">High\n";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"050\" selected>Medium\n";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"100\">Low\n";
    } else {
      $fcol="low";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"000\">High\n";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"050\">Medium\n";
      $pstr .= "<option value=\"100\" selected>Low\n";
    }

    I just hate having to repeat pieces of code.  This piece here just

generates a drop down list of items, with the current one being the selected one. $val = array("000","050","100"); $val_name = array("Low","Medium","High"); $count = count($val); $counter = 0; while ($counter < $count) {

        if ($val[$counter] == $priority)
        {
                $selected = " selected";
        }
        echo "<option

value=\"$val[$counter]\"$selected>$val_name[$counter]</option>";

        $counter++;

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