display selected amount

[runnerjp]

i have this as to select dob

 

<select name="birthmonth" id="birthmonth">
            <?php

for($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++)
{
    $selected = ($month==$i)?' selected="selected"':'';
    echo "<option value=\"0$i\"$selected>0$i</option>";
}
?>

        </select>
        <label for="birthday">Birth Day:</label>
        <select name="birthday" id="birthday">
            <?php
for($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++)
{
    echo ($i < 10) ? '<option value="0'.$i.'">0'.$i.'</option>' : '<option value="'.$i.'">'.$i.'</option>';
}
?>
        </select>
        <label for="birthyear">Birth Year:</label>
        <select name="birthyear" id="birthyear">
            <?php
for($i = 1995; $i >= 1900; $i--)
{
    echo '<option value="'.$i.'">'.$i.'</option>';
}
?>

 

how i set it to display the already selected db by user?? i usually use something like

 

<select class="input" id="gender" name="gender"> 
<option value="Male" <?php if($gender == 'Male') echo 'selected'; ?>>Male</option>
<option value="Female"  <?php if($gender == 'Female') echo 'selected'; ?>>Female</option>
</select>

[runnerjp]

bmp

[Barand]

you are already doing it for "birthmonth"

[runnerjp]

see i thought i was but it does not work just sets itself at 1

[Barand]

You need to set the value for $month

eg

<?php
$month = isset($_POST['birthmonth'])? $_POST['birthmonth'] : 0;

echo "<form method='post'>";
echo '<select name="birthmonth" id="birthmonth">';

for($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++)
{
    $selected = ($month==$i)?' selected="selected"':'';
    printf ("<option value='%02d' %s>%02d</option>", $i, $selected, $i);
}
echo '</select>';
echo '<input type="submit" name="sub" value="Submit">';
echo '</form>'
?>

[runnerjp]

nope it still resets itself to 1 :S

[Barand]

The code I posted works.

 

if you

var_dump($month);

 

what does it output?

[runnerjp]

Null

[Barand]

You need to set the value for $month

 

[runnerjp]

hummm im little confused here lol

[Barand]

$month needs to hold the value currently selected by the user; ie the value of the option that you want the select to display

[runnerjp]

ahhh ok i will get onto it ty