HELP with SELECTED attridute

[imimin]

I have a SELECT statement (DROPDOWN list) that has 7 OPTIONS.  Is it possible to use the SELECTED attribute in such a way that I can pass a variable (such as $item_selected_color) and have have what ever value is passed let that be my SELECTED item? 

 

EXAMPLE OF WHAT I NEED TO DO:

 

<SELECT NAME="custom20"

 

<OPTION VALUE='$item_selected_color' SELECTED>$item_selected_color</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE='Color: RED Hibiscus'>RED Hibiscus</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE='Color: Dark Blue Hibiscus'>Dark Blue Hibiscus</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE='Color: Turquoise Hibiscus'>Turquoise Hibiscus</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE='Color: Purple Hibiscus'>Purple Hibiscus</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE='Color: White'>White</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE='Color: American Flag'>American Flag</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE='Color: Hundred Dollar Bill'>Hundred Dollar Bill</OPTION>

 

</SELECT>

 

The code above I just made up (it probably makes no sense).  WHAT I NEED FOR IT TO DO is what ever value is passed to '$item_selected_color'(RED Hibiscus, Dark Blue Hibiscus, etc) needs to be the selected item in my DROPDOWN list.

 

Thank you!

[wildteen88]

Yes it is possible. Here is an example

 

// ,list all items for the menu
$items = array('Red Hibiscus', 'Blue Hibiscus', 'Purple Hibiscus');

// start form/menu
echo '<from action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'" method="post">
<select name="color">';

// generate the list items
foreach($items as $item)
{
    // this part decides whether the current item will be selected
    $selected = (isset($_POST['color']) && $_POST['color'] == $item) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';

    echo '<option value="'.$item.'"'.$selected.'>'.$item.'</option>';
}

// end menu/form
echo '</select>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Choose" />
</form>';

[imimin]

THANK YOU!

 

The following JAVASCRIPT (which I would like to set up to work exclusively with PHP) and HTML/php not only produce a dropdown list but also display an image of my selected item.  The problem is when I pass a specific item to '$item_selected_color' on my first OPTION line, it does not select it.  Would you be able to tell me how to modify my SELECT code to make the SELECTED attribute SELECTED for the passed '$item_selected_color' variable?  Or better yet, how to set this whole thing up to work exclusively with PHP?

 

Thank You!

 

		 <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">

         GarmentColorArray = new Array (;

            GarmentColorArray[1] = "POJ00215.jpg";

            GarmentColorArray[2] = "POJ00216.jpg";

            GarmentColorArray[3] = "POJ00217.jpg";

            GarmentColorArray[4] = "POJ00218.jpg";

            GarmentColorArray[5] = "POJ00219.jpg";

            GarmentColorArray[6] = "POJ00220.jpg";

            GarmentColorArray[7] = "POJ00221.jpg";

            GarmentColorArray[8] = "POJ00222.jpg";

            function GarmentColorImageSwap(imgBase,imgIndex)
             {
            Index = imgIndex + 1;
            document.GarmentColorImage.src = '/images/thumbs/' +
               GarmentColorArray[index];
             }

			</SCRIPT>

            <!-- Garment Color = custom20-->
			<SELECT NAME="custom20"
			 ONCHANGE="GarmentColorImageSwap('GarmentColorImage', this.selectedIndex)" SIZE="1">

			  			<?php

			  			$item_selected_style = $_GET['item_selected_color'];
			 			$item_prod_name = $_GET['item_selected_size'];

		echo "

				<OPTION VALUE='$item_selected_color'>$item_selected_color</OPTION>
				<OPTION VALUE='Color: RED Hibiscus'>RED Hibiscus</OPTION>
				<OPTION VALUE='Color: Dark Blue Hibiscus'>Dark Blue Hibiscus</OPTION>
				<OPTION VALUE='Color: Turquoise Hibiscus'>Turquoise Hibiscus</OPTION>
				<OPTION VALUE='Color: Purple Hibiscus'>Purple Hibiscus</OPTION>
				<OPTION VALUE='Color: White'>White</OPTION>
				<OPTION VALUE='Color: American Flag'>American Flag</OPTION>
				<OPTION VALUE='Color: Hundred Dollar Bill'>Hundred Dollar Bill</OPTION>
			</SELECT>" ?>