[SOLVED] Need Help Selecting a specific number in a numerical dropdown menu

[upperbid]

I am trying to make it so I can select a specific number in the code below.  It creates a dropdown menu from 1 to 99, but I don't know how to code it so that it shows with a specific number selected like say "7".  Any help would be appreciated.

 

print '</select><b>.</b><select name="taxpersf" type="text">';
$st = 0;
$st1 = 0;
$st2 = 0;
while ($st2 <= 99)
{
    print '<option  value="'. $st++.'" selected_'.$st1++.'>'.$st2++.'</option>';
    print " ";
}

[taquitosensei]

This is how you set the selected option

<option value='7' selected='selected'>7</option>

[HPWebSolutions]

Hi Upperbid,

Can you tell me what selected_'.$st1++.' is for, I think it may be incorrect here. If you want it to display the value the user selected before submitting the form, you would do something like this: (note, if you are using the "get" action instead of "post", replace $_POST WITH $_GET) 

 

 print '</select><b>.</b><select name="taxpersf" type="text">';
    $st = 0;
    $st1 = 0;
    $st2 = 0;
    while ($st2 <= 99)
    {
        print '<option  value="'. $st++.'" selected_'.$st1++.' '.($_POST['taxpersf']==($st)?"selected='selected'":"").'>'.$st2++.'</option>';
        print " ";
    } 

[HPWebSolutions]

I should point out, in case you aren't familiar with it, the format (logical_expression?value1:value2) is called the ternary expression.  If logical_expression evaluates to true, value1 will be the output of the statement, otherwise if false then value2 will be the output.

[upperbid]

Thanks everyone for their help so far, but none of the answers approach the problem.  The code already works for displaying the drop-down menu so there is nothing wrong with the code I provided.  Also, I know how to show a selected option in HTML, that is basic HTML stuff.  My problem, is I'm trying to insert a selected option in the existing code.  It currently prints out a drop-down menu from 0 to 99.  How do I add code to the code I provided to make it show a specified  number such as 7 selected when the page is loaded?  Thanks for any help provided.

 

NOTE: The Selected_ in the code is simply part of the value of each number and has nothing to do with the problem (it makes the value "Selected_1", "Selected_2", etc.) and is not relevant to the issue.  It can just as well be Number_ and makes no difference.

[abdfahim]

print '</select><b>.</b><select name="taxpersf" type="text">';

  $st = 0;

  $st1 = 0;

  $st2 = 0;

  while ($st2 <= 99)

  {

      print '<option  value="'. $st++.'" selected_'.$st1++;

      if($st2==7){

              print ' selected';

      }

      print '>'.$st2++.'</option>';

      print " ";

  }

[upperbid]

That worked, thanks for the help.