note 11884 added to function.in-array.php

maintain state in a multiple select search form: // initialise to something if(! isset($status)) $status = array('1'); echo " <form action='jobs.php' method=post> <select name='status[]' multiple size=7> <option value='1' ".(in_array('1',$status) ? 'selected':"").">New Jobs <option value='2' ".(in_array('2',$status) ? "selected":"").">Client Contacted <option value='3' ".(in_array('3',$status) ? "selected":"").">Client Cancelled / declined services <option value='4' ".(in_array('4',$status) ? "selected":"").">Job scheduled <option value='5' ".(in_array('5',$status) ? "selected":"").">Completed - Payment Pending <option value='6' ".(in_array('6',$status) ? "selected":"").">Completed - Paid, commision not yet paid <option value='7' ".(in_array('7',$status) ? "selected":"").">Completed - Commission paid </select> <input type=submit name=Search> </form> "; http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.in-array.php