[SOLVED] menu not echoing out selected?

[runnerjp]

<select  id="gender" name="gender">
              <option value="Male" selected="<?php echo $getuserprofile['gender']; ?>" >Male</option>
              <option value="Female" selected="<?php echo $getuserprofile['gender']; ?>"  >Female</option>
            </select>

 

 

when i use <?php echo $getuserprofile['gender']; ?> on its own it shows  male as this is in the db... but when i use it like the code above it shows female :S

[phpdragon]

Hi you misunderstand the html use of the selected option it is used as follows

 

<select name='gender' id='gender'>

  <option value='Male' selected>Male</option>

  <option value='Female'>Female</option>

</select>

 

notice how it is only the word selected and not selected='xxx'

what you must do is an if statement to echo selected into the tag when your value is true

 

$true=$getuserprofile['gender'];

<select name='gender' id='gender'>

  <option value='Male' <?php if ($true=='Male') {echo "selected";} ?>>Male</option>

  <option value='Female'<?php if ($true=='Female') {echo "selected";} ?>>Female</option>

</select>

 

[runnerjp]

ahh thanks alot... good explanation to set me on right track

[phpdragon]

I am glad you understood as re reading it I noticed I neglected to mention that my first example would show male as the selected option