Help with basic PHP syntax

[larsbrimmer]

I get an error with this. I guess I don't understand how to string the HTML and PHP together.

 

 

<?php
      $List1 .= "<option value='{$row['ID']} if(!(strcmp($row['ID'],$row['ID'])))echo"selected">{$row['Title']}</option>\n";
?>

 

-lars

[ashishag67]

You can try this

 

<option value="<?php echo $row['ID'];?>" <?php if(!strcmp($row['ID'], $row['ID'])) echo "selected";?>><?php echo $row['Title'];?></option>

 

Hope this works for you.

 

Cheers

[larsbrimmer]

Not sure I can do all that in the middle of this.

<?php
   while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
   {
      $List1 .= "<option value='{$row['ID']} if(!(strcmp($row['ID'],$row['ID'])))(echo'selected'>{$row['Title']}</option>\n";

   }
?>

[corbin]

"<option value='{$row['ID']}" . (!(strcmp($row['ID'],$row['ID']))) ? 'selected' : '' . ">{$row['Title']}</option>\n";

 

 

 

That's a ternary clause in there by the way.

 

 

Edit:  Oh by the way, comparing something to itself doesn't make much sense to me.

[larsbrimmer]

I was comparing the id so the drop down value would stay selected after the on click.