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  • Benson Matheka
    New Member
    • Nov 2011
    • 1

    Dynamic Dropdown

    I have created a dynamic drop down menu which ha worked very well. How can i resubmit whatever single thing i select back to a different table in the same database like i would in a mere html drop-down menu.
  • johny10151981
    Top Contributor
    • Jan 2010
    • 1059

    #2
    If you want to select a specific item in a drop down list you will have to draw it like below:
    Code:
    <SELECT>[INDENT]<OPTION value='a'>a</option>[/INDENT][INDENT]<OPTION value='b' SELECTED>b</option>[/INDENT][INDENT]<OPTION value='c'>c</option>[/INDENT]
    <SELECT>
    if you want to do it in php, it can be like this
    Code:
    <?php
     $selected='b';
     $arr[0]='a';
     $arr[1]='b';
     $arr[2]='c';
    ?>
     <SELECT>
    <?php
     for($i=0;i<3;i++)
     {
      if($arr[i]==$selected) 
       $sel='SELECTED';
      else $sel='';
     ?>
      <OPTION value='<?=$arr[$i]?>' <?=$sel?>><?=$arr[$i]?></OPTION>
     <?php
     } 
    ?>
     </SELECT>

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