[SOLVED] form select help

[sasori]

i have this select form for a year option

echo "<select name='Year'>\n";
$year = date('Y');
for($i=$year; $i<=$year+7; $i++)
{
echo "<option value='$year' ";
if($i == date('Y',time()))
{
	echo " selected ";
}
echo "> $i </option>\n";
}
echo "</select>\n";

the code is working fine at first glance of the page..but when i refresh the page, the selected

years turns to the last value

let's say today is 2008 but when i click refresh button of the browser

it turns to 2015

what should i do now so that even if i refresh the page it will still select the current year such as

2008 ? ???

[obsidian]

Looks like you have the gist of it, but you have a couple references out of place in your code. For instance, your value is always set to $year, so no matter what is selected, you will always have this year's value submitted. Here is how I would do it, but it really is only slightly different from what you have:

<?php
echo "<select name=\"year\">\n";
$y = date('Y');
for ($i = $y; $i < ($y + 7); $i++)
{
  echo "<option value=\"$i\"";
  echo $y == $i ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
  echo ">$i</option>\n";
}
echo "</select>\n";
?>

 

Since you are initially priming $i to the current year, you shouldn't have to check at all, really. A select field always defaults to its first value, so unless you are wanting to compare against other options, you may not have to do the comparison at all.

[sasori]

ok it worked.. thanks for the help sir ..topic solved