JustinK101 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 So I have a select box with all countries: <select name="country" id="country"> <option value="AF"> Afghanistan </option> <option value="AX"> Aland Islands </option> <option value="AL"> Albania </option> <option value="DZ"> Algeria </option> <option value="AS"> American Samoa </option> <option value="AD"> Andorra </option> <option value="AO"> Angola </option> <option value="AI"> Anguilla </option> <option value="AQ"> Antarctica </option> <option value="AG"> Antigua and Barbuda </option> <option value="AR"> Argentina </option> <option value="AM"> Armenia </option> <option value="AW"> Aruba </option> <option value="AU"> Australia </option> <option value="AT"> Austria </option> <option value="AZ"> Azerbaijan </option> <option value="BS"> Bahamas </option> <option value="BH"> Bahrain </option> <option value="BD"> Bangladesh </option> <option value="BB"> Barbados </option> <option value="BY"> Belarus </option> <option value="BE"> Belgium </option> <option value="BZ"> Belize </option> <option value="BJ"> Benin </option> <option value="BM"> Bermuda </option> <option value="BT"> Bhutan </option> <option value="BO"> Bolivia </option> <option value="BA"> Bosnia and Herzegovina </option> <option value="BW"> Botswana </option> <option value="BV"> Bouvet Island </option> <option value="BR"> Brazil </option> <option value="IO"> British Indian Ocean Territory </option> <option value="BN"> Brunei </option> <option value="BG"> Bulgaria </option> <option value="BF"> Burkina Faso </option> <option value="BI"> Burundi </option> <option value="KH"> Cambodia </option> <option value="CM"> Cameroon </option> <option value="CA"> Canada </option> <option value="CV"> Cape Verde </option> <option value="KY"> Cayman Islands </option> <option value="CF"> Central African Republic </option> <option value="TD"> Chad </option> <option value="CL"> Chile </option> <option value="CN"> China </option> <option value="CX"> Christmas Island </option> <option value="CC"> Cocos Islands </option> <option value="CO"> Colombia </option> <option value="KM"> Comoros </option> <option value="CG"> Congo </option> <option value="CD"> Congo, Democratic Republic of the </option> <option value="CK"> Cook Islands </option> <option value="CR"> Costa Rica </option> <option value="HR"> Croatia </option> <option value="CU"> Cuba </option> <option value="CY"> Cyprus </option> <option value="CZ"> Czech Republic </option> <option value="DK"> Denmark </option> <option value="DJ"> Djibouti </option> <option value="DM"> Dominica </option> <option value="DO"> Dominican Republic </option> <option value="TL"> East Timor </option> <option value="EC"> Ecuador </option> <option value="EG"> Egypt </option> <option value="SV"> El Salvador </option> <option value="GQ"> Equatorial Guinea </option> <option value="ER"> Eritrea </option> <option value="EE"> Estonia </option> <option value="ET"> Ethiopia </option> <option value="FK"> Falkland Islands </option> <option value="FO"> Faroe Islands </option> <option value="FJ"> Fiji </option> <option value="FI"> Finland </option> <option value="FR"> France </option> <option value="GF"> French Guiana </option> <option value="PF"> French Polynesia </option> <option value="TF"> French Southern Territories </option> <option value="GA"> Gabon </option> <option value="GM"> Gambia </option> <option value="GE"> Georgia </option> <option value="DE"> Germany </option> <option value="GH"> Ghana </option> <option value="GI"> Gibraltar </option> <option value="GR"> Greece </option> <option value="GL"> Greenland </option> <option value="GD"> Grenada </option> <option value="GP"> Guadeloupe </option> <option value="GU"> Guam </option> <option value="GT"> Guatemala </option> <option value="GG"> Guernsey </option> <option value="GN"> Guinea </option> <option value="GW"> Guinea-Bissau </option> <option value="GY"> Guyana </option> <option value="HT"> Haiti </option> <option value="HM"> Heard Island and McDonald Islands </option> <option value="HN"> Honduras </option> <option value="HK"> Hong Kong </option> <option value="HU"> Hungary </option> <option value="IS"> Iceland </option> <option value="IN"> India </option> <option value="ID"> Indonesia </option> <option value="IR"> Iran </option> <option value="IQ"> Iraq </option> <option value="IE"> Ireland </option> <option value="IM"> Isle of Man </option> <option value="IL"> Israel </option> <option value="IT"> Italy </option> <option value="JM"> Jamaica </option> <option value="JP"> Japan </option> <option value="JE"> Jersey </option> <option value="JO"> Jordan </option> <option value="KZ"> Kazakhstan </option> <option value="KE"> Kenya </option> <option value="KI"> Kiribati </option> <option value="KW"> Kuwait </option> <option value="KG"> Kyrgyzstan </option> <option value="LA"> Laos </option> <option value="LV"> Latvia </option> <option value="LB"> Lebanon </option> <option value="LS"> Lesotho </option> <option value="LR"> Liberia </option> <option value="LY"> Libya </option> <option value="LI"> Liechtenstein </option> <option value="LT"> Lithuania </option> <option value="LU"> Luxembourg </option> <option value="MO"> Macao </option> <option value="MK"> Macedonia </option> <option value="MG"> Madagascar </option> <option value="MW"> Malawi </option> <option value="MY"> Malaysia </option> <option value="MV"> Maldives </option> <option value="ML"> Mali </option> <option value="MT"> Malta </option> <option value="MH"> Marshall Islands </option> <option value="MQ"> Martinique </option> <option value="MR"> Mauritania </option> <option value="MU"> Mauritius </option> <option value="YT"> Mayotte </option> <option value="MX"> Mexico </option> <option value="FM"> Micronesia </option> <option value="MD"> Moldova </option> <option value="MC"> Monaco </option> <option value="MN"> Mongolia </option> <option value="ME"> Montenegro </option> <option value="MS"> Montserrat </option> <option value="MA"> Morocco </option> <option value="MZ"> Mozambique </option> <option value="MM"> Myanmar </option> <option value="NA"> Namibia </option> <option value="NR"> Nauru </option> <option value="no problem"> Nepal </option> <option value="NL"> Netherlands </option> <option value="AN"> Netherlands Antilles </option> <option value="NC"> New Caledonia </option> <option value="NZ"> New Zealand </option> <option value="NI"> Nicaragua </option> <option value="NE"> Niger </option> <option value="NG"> Nigeria </option> <option value="NU"> Niue </option> <option value="NF"> Norfolk Island </option> <option value="MP"> Northern Mariana Islands </option> <option value="KP"> North Korea </option> <option value="NO"> Norway </option> <option value="OM"> Oman </option> <option value="PK"> Pakistan </option> <option value="PW"> Palau </option> <option value="PS"> Palestine </option> <option value="PA"> Panama </option> <option value="PG"> Papua New Guinea </option> <option value="PY"> Paraguay </option> <option value="PE"> Peru </option> <option value="PH"> Philippines </option> <option value="PN"> Pitcairn </option> <option value="PL"> Poland </option> <option value="PT"> Portugal </option> <option value="PR"> Puerto Rico </option> <option value="QA"> Qatar </option> <option value="RE"> Reunion </option> <option value="RO"> Romania </option> <option value="RU"> Russia </option> <option value="RW"> Rwanda </option> <option value="SH"> Saint Helena </option> <option value="KN"> Saint Kitts and Nevis </option> <option value="LC"> Saint Lucia </option> <option value="PM"> Saint Pierre and Miquelon </option> <option value="VC"> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines </option> <option value="WS"> Samoa </option> <option value="SM"> San Marino </option> <option value="SA"> Saudi Arabia </option> <option value="SN"> Senegal </option> <option value="RS"> Serbia </option> <option value="CS"> Serbia and Montenegro </option> <option value="SC"> Seychelles </option> <option value="SL"> Sierra Leone </option> <option value="SG"> Singapore </option> <option value="SK"> Slovakia </option> <option value="SI"> Slovenia </option> <option value="SB"> Solomon Islands </option> <option value="SO"> Somalia </option> <option value="ZA"> South Africa </option> <option value="GS"> South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands </option> <option value="KR"> South Korea </option> <option value="ES"> Spain </option> <option value="LK"> Sri Lanka </option> <option value="SD"> Sudan </option> <option value="SR"> Suriname </option> <option value="SJ"> Svalbard and Jan Mayen </option> <option value="SZ"> Swaziland </option> <option value="SE"> Sweden </option> <option value="CH"> Switzerland </option> <option value="SY"> Syria </option> <option value="TW"> Taiwan </option> <option value="TJ"> Tajikistan </option> <option value="TZ"> Tanzania </option> <option value="TH"> Thailand </option> <option value="TG"> Togo </option> <option value="TK"> Tokelau </option> <option value="TO"> Tonga </option> <option value="TT"> Trinidad and Tobago </option> <option value="TN"> Tunisia </option> <option value="TR"> Turkey </option> <option value="TM"> Turkmenistan </option> <option value="TC"> Turks and Caicos Islands </option> <option value="TV"> Tuvalu </option> <option value="UG"> Uganda </option> <option value="UA"> Ukraine </option> <option value="AE"> United Arab Emirates </option> <option value="GB"> United Kingdom </option> <option value="US" selected> United States </option> <option value="UM"> United States Minor Outlying Islands </option> <option value="UY"> Uruguay </option> <option value="UZ"> Uzbekistan </option> <option value="VU"> Vanuatu </option> <option value="VA"> Vatican City </option> <option value="VE"> Venezuela </option> <option value="VN"> Vietnam </option> <option value="VG"> Virgin Islands, British </option> <option value="VI"> Virgin Islands, U.S. </option> <option value="WF"> Wallis and Futuna </option> <option value="EH"> Western Sahara </option> <option value="YE"> Yemen </option> <option value="ZM"> Zambia </option> <option value="ZW"> Zimbabwe </option> </select> How do I change the currently selected item after the form executes ($_GET['country'] ) to the proper selected one. With textboxes its easy via: value="<?php echo $_GET['textbox']; ?>" How do you do this with select boxes where there is no value property but instead a selected attribute? Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 <option value="AF"<?php echo (isset($_GET['country']) && $_GET['country'] == "AF") ? " selected='selected' " : ''> Afghanistan </option> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-267624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emehrkay Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 thorpe's implementation works fine, but you'd have to do that for every entry why not put the countries in an array and loop through the resutls builidng the drop down? $countries = array(); //('AF' => 'Afghanistan' ...); $drop = "<select ...>\n"; foreach($countries as $key => $val){ $sel = (isset($_GET['country']) && $_GET['country'] == "AF") ? " selected='selected' " : ''; $drop .= "<option value=\"". $key ."\" ". $sel .">". $value ."</option>\n"; } $drop .="</select>\n"; Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-267631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinK101 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 thorpe: Thanks for the help. I have to do that code for ALL the options? Man that blows, there inst an eaiser way? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-267632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Man that blows, there inst an eaiser way? See above. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-267640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
per1os Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 thorpe: Thanks for the help. I have to do that code for ALL the options? Man that blows, there inst an eaiser way? I think emehrkay posted a nicer solution to that...that sort of automates everything and makes it easier without having to write a ton of code. You just need to convert the countries into an array. Not hard if you take the option code put it into a string and parse it out, you can get the array generated pretty easily: <?php $option_html = "<option value=\"AF\">Afganistan</option>\n<option value=\"Ab\">Albania</option>"; $options = explode("</option>", $option_html) $country = '$countries = array('; foreach ($options as $option) { list($key, $val) = split('">', $option); list(,$key) = split("value=\"", $key); $country .= '"' . $key . '" => "' . $val . '", '; } $country = substr($country, 0, -2); // remove last , $country .= ');'; echo $country; ?> That saves you the hassel of typing. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-267643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinK101 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 Frost110: The output of your code was: $countries = array("AF" => " Afghanistan ", "AX" => " Aland Islands ", "AL" => " Albania ", "DZ" => " Algeria ", "AS" => " American Samoa ", "AD" => " Andorra ", "AO" => " Angola ", "AI" => " Anguilla ", "AQ" => " Antarctica ", "AG" => " Antigua and Barbuda ", "AR" => " Argentina ", "AM" => " Armenia ", "AW" => " Aruba ", "AU" => " Australia ", "AT" => " Austria ", "AZ" => " Azerbaijan ", "BS" => " Bahamas ", "BH" => " Bahrain ", "BD" => " Bangladesh ", "BB" => " Barbados ", "BY" => " Belarus ", "BE" => " Belgium ", "BZ" => " Belize ", "BJ" => " Benin ", "BM" => " Bermuda ", "BT" => " Bhutan ", "BO" => " Bolivia ", "BA" => " Bosnia and Herzegovina ", "BW" => " Botswana ", "BV" => " Bouvet Island ", "BR" => " Brazil ", "IO" => " British Indian Ocean Territory ", "BN" => " Brunei ", "BG" => " Bulgaria ", "BF" => " Burkina Faso ", "BI" => " Burundi ", "KH" => " Cambodia ", "CM" => " Cameroon ", "CA" => " Canada ", "CV" => " Cape Verde ", "KY" => " Cayman Islands ", "CF" => " Central African Republic ", "TD" => " Chad ", "CL" => " Chile ", "CN" => " China ", "CX" => " Christmas Island ", "CC" => " Cocos Islands ", "CO" => " Colombia ", "KM" => " Comoros ", "CG" => " Congo ", "CD" => " Congo, Democratic Republic of the ", "CK" => " Cook Islands ", "CR" => " Costa Rica ", "HR" => " Croatia ", "CU" => " Cuba ", "CY" => " Cyprus ", "CZ" => " Czech Republic ", "DK" => " Denmark ", "DJ" => " Djibouti ", "DM" => " Dominica ", "DO" => " Dominican Republic ", "TL" => " East Timor ", "EC" => " Ecuador ", "EG" => " Egypt ", "SV" => " El Salvador ", "GQ" => " Equatorial Guinea ", "ER" => " Eritrea ", "EE" => " Estonia ", "ET" => " Ethiopia ", "FK" => " Falkland Islands ", "FO" => " Faroe Islands ", "FJ" => " Fiji ", "FI" => " Finland ", "FR" => " France ", "GF" => " French Guiana ", "PF" => " French Polynesia ", "TF" => " French Southern Territories ", "GA" => " Gabon ", "GM" => " Gambia ", "GE" => " Georgia ", "DE" => " Germany ", "GH" => " Ghana ", "GI" => " Gibraltar ", "GR" => " Greece ", "GL" => " Greenland ", "GD" => " Grenada ", "GP" => " Guadeloupe ", "GU" => " Guam ", "GT" => " Guatemala ", "GG" => " Guernsey ", "GN" => " Guinea ", "GW" => " Guinea-Bissau ", "GY" => " Guyana ", "HT" => " Haiti ", "HM" => " Heard Island and McDonald Islands ", "HN" => " Honduras ", "HK" => " Hong Kong ", "HU" => " Hungary ", "IS" => " Iceland ", "IN" => " India ", "ID" => " Indonesia ", "IR" => " Iran ", "IQ" => " Iraq ", "IE" => " Ireland ", "IM" => " Isle of Man ", "IL" => " Israel ", "IT" => " Italy ", "JM" => " Jamaica ", "JP" => " Japan ", "JE" => " Jersey ", "JO" => " Jordan ", "KZ" => " Kazakhstan ", "KE" => " Kenya ", "KI" => " Kiribati ", "KW" => " Kuwait ", "KG" => " Kyrgyzstan ", "LA" => " Laos ", "LV" => " Latvia ", "LB" => " Lebanon ", "LS" => " Lesotho ", "LR" => " Liberia ", "LY" => " Libya ", "LI" => " Liechtenstein ", "LT" => " Lithuania ", "LU" => " Luxembourg ", "MO" => " Macao ", "MK" => " Macedonia ", "MG" => " Madagascar ", "MW" => " Malawi ", "MY" => " Malaysia ", "MV" => " Maldives ", "ML" => " Mali ", "MT" => " Malta ", "MH" => " Marshall Islands ", "MQ" => " Martinique ", "MR" => " Mauritania ", "MU" => " Mauritius ", "YT" => " Mayotte ", "MX" => " Mexico ", "FM" => " Micronesia ", "MD" => " Moldova ", "MC" => " Monaco ", "MN" => " Mongolia ", "ME" => " Montenegro ", "MS" => " Montserrat ", "MA" => " Morocco ", "MZ" => " Mozambique ", "MM" => " Myanmar ", "NA" => " Namibia ", "NR" => " Nauru ", "NP" => " Nepal ", "NL" => " Netherlands ", "AN" => " Netherlands Antilles ", "NC" => " New Caledonia ", "NZ" => " New Zealand ", "NI" => " Nicaragua ", "NE" => " Niger ", "NG" => " Nigeria ", "NU" => " Niue ", "NF" => " Norfolk Island ", "MP" => " Northern Mariana Islands ", "KP" => " North Korea ", "NO" => " Norway ", "OM" => " Oman ", "PK" => " Pakistan ", "PW" => " Palau ", "PS" => " Palestine ", "PA" => " Panama ", "PG" => " Papua New Guinea ", "PY" => " Paraguay ", "PE" => " Peru ", "PH" => " Philippines ", "PN" => " Pitcairn ", "PL" => " Poland ", "PT" => " Portugal ", "PR" => " Puerto Rico ", "QA" => " Qatar ", "RE" => " Reunion ", "RO" => " Romania ", "RU" => " Russia ", "RW" => " Rwanda ", "SH" => " Saint Helena ", "KN" => " Saint Kitts and Nevis ", "LC" => " Saint Lucia ", "PM" => " Saint Pierre and Miquelon ", "VC" => " Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ", "WS" => " Samoa ", "SM" => " San Marino ", "SA" => " Saudi Arabia ", "SN" => " Senegal ", "RS" => " Serbia ", "CS" => " Serbia and Montenegro ", "SC" => " Seychelles ", "SL" => " Sierra Leone ", "SG" => " Singapore ", "SK" => " Slovakia ", "SI" => " Slovenia ", "SB" => " Solomon Islands ", "SO" => " Somalia ", "ZA" => " South Africa ", "GS" => " South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ", "KR" => " South Korea ", "ES" => " Spain ", "LK" => " Sri Lanka ", "SD" => " Sudan ", "SR" => " Suriname ", "SJ" => " Svalbard and Jan Mayen ", "SZ" => " Swaziland ", "SE" => " Sweden ", "CH" => " Switzerland ", "SY" => " Syria ", "TW" => " Taiwan ", "TJ" => " Tajikistan ", "TZ" => " Tanzania ", "TH" => " Thailand ", "TG" => " Togo ", "TK" => " Tokelau ", "TO" => " Tonga ", "TT" => " Trinidad and Tobago ", "TN" => " Tunisia ", "TR" => " Turkey ", "TM" => " Turkmenistan ", "TC" => " Turks and Caicos Islands ", "TV" => " Tuvalu ", "UG" => " Uganda ", "UA" => " Ukraine ", "AE" => " United Arab Emirates ", "GB" => " United Kingdom ", "US" selected> United States " => "", "UM" => " United States Minor Outlying Islands ", "UY" => " Uruguay ", "UZ" => " Uzbekistan ", "VU" => " Vanuatu ", "VA" => " Vatican City ", "VE" => " Venezuela ", "VN" => " Vietnam ", "VG" => " Virgin Islands, British ", "VI" => " Virgin Islands, U.S. ", "WF" => " Wallis and Futuna ", "EH" => " Western Sahara ", "YE" => " Yemen ", "ZM" => " Zambia ", "ZW" => " Zimbabwe ", "" => ""); And this helps me how? Sorry I don't see where that is going. Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dough boy Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 He was helping you quickly build an array of counties. Now loop through that array (the result he is echoing to your screen) and loop through it to display and "select" the country desired. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinK101 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 Sorry I don't follow how I am surposed to loop through $country, because it inst even an array. Sorry, I am sure this is simple, just a little lost. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dough boy Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 The output of your code was: $countries = array("AF" => " Afghanistan ", "AX" => " Aland Islands ", "AL" => " Albania ", "DZ" => " Algeria ", "AS" => " American Samoa ", "AD" => " Andorra ", "AO" => " Angola ", "AI" => " Anguilla ", "AQ" => " Antarctica ", "AG" => " Antigua and Barbuda ", "AR" => " Argentina ", "AM" => " Armenia ", "AW" => " Aruba ", "AU" => " Australia ", "AT" => " Austria ", "AZ" => " Azerbaijan ", "BS" => " Bahamas ", "BH" => " Bahrain ", "BD" => " Bangladesh ", "BB" => " Barbados ", "BY" => " Belarus ", "BE" => " Belgium ", "BZ" => " Belize ", "BJ" => " Benin ", "BM" => " Bermuda ", "BT" => " Bhutan ", "BO" => " Bolivia ", "BA" => " Bosnia and Herzegovina ", "BW" => " Botswana ", "BV" => " Bouvet Island ", "BR" => " Brazil ", "IO" => " British Indian Ocean Territory ", "BN" => " Brunei ", "BG" => " Bulgaria ", "BF" => " Burkina Faso ", "BI" => " Burundi ", "KH" => " Cambodia ", "CM" => " Cameroon ", "CA" => " Canada ", "CV" => " Cape Verde ", "KY" => " Cayman Islands ", "CF" => " Central African Republic ", "TD" => " Chad ", "CL" => " Chile ", "CN" => " China ", "CX" => " Christmas Island ", "CC" => " Cocos Islands ", "CO" => " Colombia ", "KM" => " Comoros ", "CG" => " Congo ", "CD" => " Congo, Democratic Republic of the ", "CK" => " Cook Islands ", "CR" => " Costa Rica ", "HR" => " Croatia ", "CU" => " Cuba ", "CY" => " Cyprus ", "CZ" => " Czech Republic ", "DK" => " Denmark ", "DJ" => " Djibouti ", "DM" => " Dominica ", "DO" => " Dominican Republic ", "TL" => " East Timor ", "EC" => " Ecuador ", "EG" => " Egypt ", "SV" => " El Salvador ", "GQ" => " Equatorial Guinea ", "ER" => " Eritrea ", "EE" => " Estonia ", "ET" => " Ethiopia ", "FK" => " Falkland Islands ", "FO" => " Faroe Islands ", "FJ" => " Fiji ", "FI" => " Finland ", "FR" => " France ", "GF" => " French Guiana ", "PF" => " French Polynesia ", "TF" => " French Southern Territories ", "GA" => " Gabon ", "GM" => " Gambia ", "GE" => " Georgia ", "DE" => " Germany ", "GH" => " Ghana ", "GI" => " Gibraltar ", "GR" => " Greece ", "GL" => " Greenland ", "GD" => " Grenada ", "GP" => " Guadeloupe ", "GU" => " Guam ", "GT" => " Guatemala ", "GG" => " Guernsey ", "GN" => " Guinea ", "GW" => " Guinea-Bissau ", "GY" => " Guyana ", "HT" => " Haiti ", "HM" => " Heard Island and McDonald Islands ", "HN" => " Honduras ", "HK" => " Hong Kong ", "HU" => " Hungary ", "IS" => " Iceland ", "IN" => " India ", "ID" => " Indonesia ", "IR" => " Iran ", "IQ" => " Iraq ", "IE" => " Ireland ", "IM" => " Isle of Man ", "IL" => " Israel ", "IT" => " Italy ", "JM" => " Jamaica ", "JP" => " Japan ", "JE" => " Jersey ", "JO" => " Jordan ", "KZ" => " Kazakhstan ", "KE" => " Kenya ", "KI" => " Kiribati ", "KW" => " Kuwait ", "KG" => " Kyrgyzstan ", "LA" => " Laos ", "LV" => " Latvia ", "LB" => " Lebanon ", "LS" => " Lesotho ", "LR" => " Liberia ", "LY" => " Libya ", "LI" => " Liechtenstein ", "LT" => " Lithuania ", "LU" => " Luxembourg ", "MO" => " Macao ", "MK" => " Macedonia ", "MG" => " Madagascar ", "MW" => " Malawi ", "MY" => " Malaysia ", "MV" => " Maldives ", "ML" => " Mali ", "MT" => " Malta ", "MH" => " Marshall Islands ", "MQ" => " Martinique ", "MR" => " Mauritania ", "MU" => " Mauritius ", "YT" => " Mayotte ", "MX" => " Mexico ", "FM" => " Micronesia ", "MD" => " Moldova ", "MC" => " Monaco ", "MN" => " Mongolia ", "ME" => " Montenegro ", "MS" => " Montserrat ", "MA" => " Morocco ", "MZ" => " Mozambique ", "MM" => " Myanmar ", "NA" => " Namibia ", "NR" => " Nauru ", "no problem" => " Nepal ", "NL" => " Netherlands ", "AN" => " Netherlands Antilles ", "NC" => " New Caledonia ", "NZ" => " New Zealand ", "NI" => " Nicaragua ", "NE" => " Niger ", "NG" => " Nigeria ", "NU" => " Niue ", "NF" => " Norfolk Island ", "MP" => " Northern Mariana Islands ", "KP" => " North Korea ", "NO" => " Norway ", "OM" => " Oman ", "PK" => " Pakistan ", "PW" => " Palau ", "PS" => " Palestine ", "PA" => " Panama ", "PG" => " Papua New Guinea ", "PY" => " Paraguay ", "PE" => " Peru ", "PH" => " Philippines ", "PN" => " Pitcairn ", "PL" => " Poland ", "PT" => " Portugal ", "PR" => " Puerto Rico ", "QA" => " Qatar ", "RE" => " Reunion ", "RO" => " Romania ", "RU" => " Russia ", "RW" => " Rwanda ", "SH" => " Saint Helena ", "KN" => " Saint Kitts and Nevis ", "LC" => " Saint Lucia ", "PM" => " Saint Pierre and Miquelon ", "VC" => " Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ", "WS" => " Samoa ", "SM" => " San Marino ", "SA" => " Saudi Arabia ", "SN" => " Senegal ", "RS" => " Serbia ", "CS" => " Serbia and Montenegro ", "SC" => " Seychelles ", "SL" => " Sierra Leone ", "SG" => " Singapore ", "SK" => " Slovakia ", "SI" => " Slovenia ", "SB" => " Solomon Islands ", "SO" => " Somalia ", "ZA" => " South Africa ", "GS" => " South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ", "KR" => " South Korea ", "ES" => " Spain ", "LK" => " Sri Lanka ", "SD" => " Sudan ", "SR" => " Suriname ", "SJ" => " Svalbard and Jan Mayen ", "SZ" => " Swaziland ", "SE" => " Sweden ", "CH" => " Switzerland ", "SY" => " Syria ", "TW" => " Taiwan ", "TJ" => " Tajikistan ", "TZ" => " Tanzania ", "TH" => " Thailand ", "TG" => " Togo ", "TK" => " Tokelau ", "TO" => " Tonga ", "TT" => " Trinidad and Tobago ", "TN" => " Tunisia ", "TR" => " Turkey ", "TM" => " Turkmenistan ", "TC" => " Turks and Caicos Islands ", "TV" => " Tuvalu ", "UG" => " Uganda ", "UA" => " Ukraine ", "AE" => " United Arab Emirates ", "GB" => " United Kingdom ", "US" selected> United States " => "", "UM" => " United States Minor Outlying Islands ", "UY" => " Uruguay ", "UZ" => " Uzbekistan ", "VU" => " Vanuatu ", "VA" => " Vatican City ", "VE" => " Venezuela ", "VN" => " Vietnam ", "VG" => " Virgin Islands, British ", "VI" => " Virgin Islands, U.S. ", "WF" => " Wallis and Futuna ", "EH" => " Western Sahara ", "YE" => " Yemen ", "ZM" => " Zambia ", "ZW" => " Zimbabwe ", "" => ""); Now loop through the $countries. foreach($countries as $abv => $full) { $selected = ($abv == 'SELECTED') ? ' selected="selected"' : NULL; echo '<option value="'.$abv.'"'..$selected'>'.$full.'</option> } Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinK101 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 Dough boy: $countries inst an array its a string, right? He builds up a string and just echos out the string, but doesnt acutally build an array in php right? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dough boy Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Yes, but that was just for display purposes. Copy and paste that "text" starting with $countries = and ending with , "" => ""); and put that into your PHP code. That is the PHP array of countries. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinK101 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 Ok, much clearer. I am getting a parse error inside this. syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING <?php foreach($countries as $abv => $full) { $selected = ($abv == 'SELECTED') ? 'selected="selected"' : NULL; echo '<option value="'.$abv.'"'..$selected'>'.$full.'</option>'; } ?> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinK101 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 Ok got it. The final code is: foreach($countries as $abv => $full) { $selected = ($abv == $_POST['country']) ? 'selected="selected"' : NULL; echo '<option value="'.$abv.'"'.$selected.'>'.$full.'</option>'; } Thank you greatly for the help. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redarrow Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 <?php foreach($countries as $abv => $full) { $selected = ($abv == 'SELECTED') ? 'selected="selected"' : NULL; echo "<option value='.$abv.' '.$selected.'>'.$full.'</option>'"; } ?> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/54134-how-to-set-selected-on-select-box/#findComment-268068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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