session info and pull down lists

[mammothman42@hotmail.com]

hi

i have a html pull down list (<SELECT etc etc <OPTION VALUE .....) and
i have the particular value the user last chose it to be in a
$_SESSION['value']. How do i set the selected item of the list to this
one? I can just add it in as the selected item of the list but then it
appears twice. Get me? lol, hope so.

cheers
dave

[Ian.H]

Re: session info and pull down lists

On 15 Sep 2004 05:56:10 -0700, mammothman42@ho tmail.com wrote:
[color=blue]
>hi
>
>i have a html pull down list (<SELECT etc etc <OPTION VALUE .....) and
>i have the particular value the user last chose it to be in a
>$_SESSION['value']. How do i set the selected item of the list to this
>one? I can just add it in as the selected item of the list but then it
>appears twice. Get me? lol, hope so.
>
>cheers
>dave[/color]


Put it in a loop:

<?php
$foo = array(
'stuff' => 'for',
'select' => 'box'
);
?>

<select name="foo">
<?php
foreach ($foo as $key => $value) {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $key;?>"
<?php
echo ($_SESSION['value'] == $value) ?
'selected="sele cted"' :
'';
?>
/>$value</option>
<?php
}
?>
</select>


Formatted above to fit within news client easier.

You can change the line:


echo ($_SESSION['value'] == $value) ?

to

echo ($_SESSION['value'] == $key) ?


if looking for a key match rather than value.


HTH =)



Regards,

Ian

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