Drop down state

[frist44]

I'm trying to use a form to submit info and have the state of those select boxes remember what was selected. This is my line, but it doesn't like it:

 

<option value="asaexton" <?php echo if($_POST['ddsite']=="asaexton")?"selected":""; ?> >Exton</option>

[cooldude832]

best method of reproducing select values

 

 

 

<?php

$select = array("Option1","Option2","Option3","Option4","Option5);

echo "<select name='test'>";
foreach($select as $key=>$value){
echo "<option value='".$key."' ";
if($_POST['select'] == $key){
echo 'selected = 'selected' ";
}
echo >".$value."</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>

super easy and easy to reproduce

[kickstart]

Hi

 

Try:-

 

<option value="asaexton" <?php echo (($_POST['ddsite']=="asaexton") ? "selected='selected'":""); ?> >Exton</option>

 

All the best

 

Keith

[frist44]

best method of reproducing select values

 

 

 

<?php

$select = array("Option1","Option2","Option3","Option4","Option5);

echo "<select name='test'>";
foreach($select as $key=>$value){
echo "<option value='".$key."' ";
if($_POST['select'] == $key){
echo 'selected = 'selected' ";
}
echo >".$value."</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>

super easy and easy to reproduce

 

I have this and it works when I postback, but not on initial load:

 

		<select name="ddsite">

<?php

$select = array('asasungard' => 'Sungard', 'asaexton' => 'Exton');

foreach($select as $key=>$value){
echo '<option value="'.$key.'"';

if($_POST['ddsite'] == $key){
	echo 'selected="selected" ';
}

echo ">".$value."</option>";
}

?>

	</select>

 

Do I need something to see if that post value is set?

[cooldude832]

well of course on initial load $_POST is unset

 

 

to "trick" around this sort your array so the answer you want to be set before POST is set set to be the array's first node i.e $select[0];

[frist44]

I ended up using this and just test the variable

 

extract($_POST, EXTR_SKIP);
if (!$_POST){
$ddpriority = "%";
$dddate = date("Y-m-d");
$ddsite = "asasungard";
}