Default Value in a drop down using PHP?

[daxguy]

i have the folowing code..

<select name="month">

<?php

for($i=1; $i<=12; $i++)

{

 

echo "<option value='$i'>$i</option>";

 

}

?>

</select>

 

in the above code what is happening is a simple display of 1 to 12 months in a drop menu.. i am using the date function to get the month

 

date('m');

 

what i want is that the drop down should automatically focus on month 7 as this is the 7th month.. The selection of the month from the drop down should automatically move to the current month.. and if the user wants to change the month he can change the month he wants to.. right now it displays a list focussing on 1 as 1 is the starting value in the loop..

i hope you understand. i am attaching a thumbnail of what i have in the results.. all i want is 1 to be changed by the current month with the other digits being displayed on drop down!

 

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[AbraCadaver]

Should work:

 

<select name="month">
<?php
for($i=1; $i<=12; $i++) {
   $selected = (date('m') == $i) ? "selected='selected'" : "";
   echo "<option $selected value='$i'>$i</option>";
}
?>
</select>

[daxguy]

Thanx alot it works.. but i do not get how the logic works.. would you mind explaining it a bit?

[TeNDoLLA]

It is the short IF-clause

 

this line

$selected = (date('m') == $i) ? "selected='selected'" : "";

 

is equivalent to this

if (date('m') == $i)
{
	$selected = "selected='selected'";
}
else
{
	$selected = "";
}

 

syntax: (condition) ? value_if_true : value_if_false