increment with a twist

[unixbro]

<?php

$i = 1;

while ($i <= 100) { //Execute the statements below if this is TRUE

  echo $i; //Print the value of $i

  echo "<OPTION>$i</OPTION>"; //print a space

  $i++;  //Increment value of $i by 1

  }

?>

 

the above is supposed to print a select box with options from 1 to 100

 

My problem is when it reaches 50 I want it to print <OPTION selected>50</OPTION>

 

all other variables I would like to keep as <OPTION>$i</OPTION> where $i will be 1 to 100

 

not sure if this makes sense.

 

Thanks in advance

[dmccabe]

I am not a php expert but this should be it shouldnt it?

 

<?php
$i = 1;
while ($i <= 100) { //Execute the statements below if this is TRUE
echo $i; //Print the value of $i
if ($i == 50) {
	echo "<OPTION selected>50</OPTION>";
} else {
	echo "<OPTION>$i</OPTION>"; //print a space
}
   $i++;  //Increment value of $i by 1
   }
?>

[fnairb]

Another way to crack that nut.

 

<?php
// In case something in your code changes this
$to_select = 50;
for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) {
  echo $i; //Print the value of $i
  $selected = $i == $to_select ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
  echo "<option{$selected}>{$i}</option>";
}
?>

[unixbro]

none if the selections above are printing anything dmcabes printed 2 selections 50 and $i

 

 

more learning involved

 

[fnairb]

I ran this before I posted it and it spit out all the <option> tags.  Did the code in the original post work with the exception of setting 50 to selected?

[dmccabe]

Not sure what you are meaning in your last reply, but I just tested this:

 

<?php
echo "<select name=\"test\">";
$i = 1;
while ($i <= 100) { //Execute the statements below if this is TRUE
echo "The value is: ".$i."<br />"; //Print the value of $i
if ($i == 50) {
	echo "<OPTION selected>50</OPTION>";
} else {
	echo "<OPTION>$i</OPTION>"; //print a space
}
   $i++;  //Increment value of $i by 1
   }
   echo "</select>";
?>

 

And it worked perfectly, obviously it does not do the "The value is X" line as it is in the middle of a select box, so has no place to echo that line to, but it did create a select box with 100 options and the 50 as the default selected option.

[unixbro]

I ran this before I posted it and it spit out all the <option> tags.  Did the code in the original post work with the exception of setting 50 to selected?

 

No I guess I posted to early ... my bad ... haste makes waste

[unixbro]

MY BAD ...

 

sorry all it's working now ... dang fat fingers ...

 

 

Thanks to those who helped