[SOLVED] help with selection list

[dadamssg]

i modified a script that initially grabbed the date and had the date selected for a selection list. I made it to were when i exited it because of errors it would still display the users input. I want to do the same thing but with a gender selection. I'm not sure how to modify it though, like if i need to create an array for say $sex[]=array("Male","Female") and then don't know where to go from that...heres the day selector script i modified, that i want to use the same idea.

 

<?PHP
$todayDay= $_POST['sday'];    //get the day from $today
echo "<select name='sday'>\n";
for ($sday=1;$sday<=31;$sday++)  
{
   echo " <option value=$sday";
   if ($todayDay == $sday ) 
   {
     echo " selected";
   }
   echo "> $sday\n";
}
echo "</select>\n";


?>

[dadamssg]

nevermind...played with it and figure it out, maybe not the most efficient but works

 

echo"<select name='sex'>/n";
echo"<option value='male'";
  if($_POST['male']=="male")
     {
 echo "selected";
 }
  echo">Male\n";  
echo"<option value='female'";
if($_POST['female']=="female")
     {
 echo "selected";
 }
   echo">Female\n";
echo "</select>\n";  

[dadamssg]

k, new problem...i've created a radio button list that i want the same thing, it will remember what the user inputted if an error pops up...this script however won't work with my register script...it says that its a blank even when i select one and click submit...below is the code that displays the radio buttons and then the part that checks to see if nothing is chosen.

 

echo"<input type='radio' name='student' value'yes'";
  if($_POST['student']=="yes")
    {echo"checked='checked'";}
echo"/>I'm a student";

echo"<input type='radio' name='student' value'no'";
  if($_POST['student']=="no")
   {echo"checked='checked'";}
echo"/>I'm not a student<br>";

 

if(!isset($_POST['student']))
{
$messages[]= "Please select if you are a student.<br>";
}

 

not sure why me name='student' and $_POST['student'] are working together... ???

[dadamssg]

figured this one out two haha, i went about it a much simpler way.

just put this in my form

 

<input type='radio' name='student' value='yes'<?php if($_POST['student']=="yes")
    {echo"checked='checked'";} ?>/>I am a Student
<input type='radio' name='student' value='no'<?php if($_POST['student']=="no")
    {echo"checked='checked'";} ?>/>I am not a Student<br>