Combo box question

[cturner]

I am wondering how I could keep the selection in a combo box with the code that is below. Thanks in advance.

[code=php:0]
$now = time();
        $lastDate = date("t", $now);
$days = array("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday");
        $months = array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
$thisDay = date("l");
        $thisDate = date("j");
        $thisMonth = date("F");
        $thisYear = date("Y");
       
print "<select name=\"selectDay\" id=\"selectDay\">";
foreach($days as $a) {
$selStr = $a == $thisDay ? " selected=\"selected\"" : "";
print "<option value=\"$a\"$selStr>$a</option>";
}
print "</select>";

        print "<select name=\"selectDate\" id=\"selectDate\">";
        for($i=1; $i<=$lastDate; $i++)
        {
            $selStr = $i == $thisDate ? " selected=\"selected\"" : "";
            print "<option value=\"$i\"$selStr>$i</option>";
        }
        print "</select>";

        print "<select name=\"selectMonth\" id=\"selectMonth\">";
        foreach($months as $v)
        {
            $selStr = $v == $thisMonth ? " selected=\"selected\"" : "";
            print "<option value=\"$v\"$selStr>$v</option>";
        }
        print "</select>";

        print "<select name=\"selectYear\" id=\"selectYear\">";
        for($i=$thisYear; $i<$thisYear+30; $i++)
        {
            $selStr = $i == $thisYear ? " selected=\"selected\"" : "";
            print "<option value=\"$i\"$selStr>$i</option>";
        }
        print "</select>";
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[linuxdream]

Hard to tell what you want to keep unless we know how the form is being processed/reloaded. I usually do something like this:

[code]
<?php

echo "<select name='something'>";
foreach($options as $value=>$option){
    //Set this variable depending on what is selected and how...result from DB lookup, POST to this page, etc...
    if(!empty($sql_result)){
        $selected = "selected='selected'";
    }else{
        $selected = '';
    }
    echo "<option value=$value $selected>$option</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>
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