select box problem.

[zgkhoo]

index.php

			<form action='index.php' method='post'>
		<select name='LANG'>
		<option value='EN'>English</option>
		<option value='CH'>Chinese</option>
		</select>
		<input type=submit name=submit value=submit>
		</form>

when i select Chinese then click the button, then it auto jump back to English, how to i set it to remain display the Chinese in this select box after button clicked?

thanks..

[zgkhoo]

*bump*

[pocobueno1388]

Your going to have to add some PHP to the form.

 

<form action='index.php' method='post'>
   <select name='LANG'>
      <option value='EN'>English</option>
      <option value='CH' <?php if ($_POST['LANG'] == 'CH') echo 'selected'; ?>>Chinese</option>
   </select>
   <input type=submit name=submit value=submit>
</form>

[zgkhoo]

how about this

 

<option value='CH' 'selected'>Chinese </option>

it wont work?

[rajivgonsalves]

no it won't work

[zgkhoo]

then wat is this 'selected' keyword for in the select box?

thanks

[rajivgonsalves]

to select a particular option in the box 'selected' won't work just selected does

 

won't work

<option value='CH' 'selected'>Chinese </option>

 

this works

<option value='CH' selected>Chinese </option>

[ToonMariner]

<option value="CH" selected="selected">Chinese</option>

 

is how it shoudl be implemented (in a standards compliant kind of way that is).

[rajivgonsalves]

sorry dude standard I know we know the standards  but it becomes hard when posting mulitple times

[ToonMariner]

I hear ya...

 

even if I don't accept excuses