Make String Default Value inside UL until option is selected

[Xtremer360]

What I want to happen is near the bottom of this function. The UL part. I want the default to be "This handler does not have any characters assigned." until a character name is put into the UL then it only leaves the submitted character names.

 

function newhandler() {
if (isset ( $_POST ['submit2'] )) { // Handle the form.
	// Define the query.
	$password = md5($p); // Currently $p does not have a value
	$login = $_POST['login'];
	$p = $_POST['password'];
	$surname = $_POST['surname'];
	$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
	$email = $_POST['email'];
	$aim = $_POST['aim'];
	$msn = $_POST['msn'];
	$forumid = $_POST['forumid'];
	$account = $_POST['account'];
	$admin = $_POST['admin'];

	$query = "INSERT INTO users (username, password, surname, firstname, email, aim, msn, forumid, status, admin) VALUES ('".addslashes($login)."', '".addslashes($p).", '".addslashes($surname).",'".addslashes($firstname).", '".addslashes($email).", '".addslashes($aim).", '".addslashes($msn).", '".addslashes($forumid).", '".addslashes($account).", '".addslashes($admin)."')";

	// Execute the query.
	if (@mysql_query ( $query )) {
		print '<p>The handler has been added.</p>';
	} else {
		print '<p>Could not add the entry because: <b>"' . mysql_error() . '"</b>. The query was '.$query.'.</p>';
	}

	mysql_close ();

}

print '<h1 class="backstage">Handler Management</h1><br />';
print '<h2 class="backstage">Add New Handler Account</h2><br />';
print '<form name="newhandler" method="post">';
print '<table width="100%" class="table2">';
print '<tr>';
print '<td width="120" class="rowheading">Username:</td><td class="row3"><input type="text" name="login" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">Password:</td><td class="row3"><input type="password" name="password" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">Surname:</td><td class="row3">';
print '<input type="text" name="surname" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">Firstname:</td>';
print '<td class="row3"><input type="text" name="firstname" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">Email:</td>';
print '<td class="row3"><input type="text" name="email" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">AIM:</td>';
print '<td class="row3"><input type="text" name="aim" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">MSN:</td>';
print '<td class="row3"><input type="text" name="msn" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">Forum ID:</td>';
print '<td class="row3"><input type="text" name="forumid" class="fieldtext490"></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">Account:</td>';
print '<td class="row3"><select name="account" class="selection">';
print '<option value="Enabled">Enabled</option><option value="Disabled">Disabled</option>';
print '</select></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '<tr>';
print '<td class="rowheading">Administrator:</td>';
print '<td class="row3"><select name="admin" class="selection">';
print '<option value="2">No</option><option value="1">Yes</option>';
print '</select></td>';
print '</tr>';
print '</table><br />';
print '<input type="submit" value="Save Handler" class="button" name="submit2"></form><br />';
print '<input type="hidden" name="action" value="handlers"><input type="submit" value="Return to Handler List" class="button200"><br />';
print '<script type="text/javascript" src="ajax.js"></script>';
print '<h2 class="backstage">Characters<br /><br />';
print '<form method=post name="addwrestler" onsubmit="return WrestlerList(this);"><select name="characterid" class="dropdown">';
print '<option value="">- Select -</option>';
$query = 'SELECT charactername FROM characters';
$result = mysql_query ( $query );
while ( $row = mysql_fetch_assoc ( $result ) ) {
	print "<option value=\"".$row['charactername']."\">".$row['charactername']."</option>\r";
}
print '</select>  <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Add" class="button"></form></h2><br />';
print '<ul id="characterlist"></ul>';
print 'This handler does not have any characters assigned.<br /><br />';
print '<h2 class="backstage"><form method="post"><input type="submit" value="Return to Main Menu" class="button200"></form></h2>';
}

[AlexGrim]

If you're talking about setting the default option in the html select list, then this is how to do that:

<option value="MyValues" checked>Option Text</option>

 

But i have the feeling that you're asking about something else, which i am totally missing...

[Xtremer360]

print "<option value="MyValues" checked>This handler does not have any characters assigned.</option>"; 

 

says Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/y/a/n/yankeefaninkc/html/other/backstagefunctions.php on line 132

[Xtremer360]

I just reread your post and yes you are talking about something else.

 

What I want is when the function is loaded the default in the UL will read as This handler does not have any characters assigned. until a character name from the drop down is chosen and submitted to the UL then it replaces that text with the character name.