I use a javascript to help me with bigger dropdowns...
<script>
function get_links() {
document.all["field_name"].value='<?echo"$field_name"; ?>'
</script>
"Torsten Roehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
28/05/2004 16:12
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Re: [PHP] making selection in drop down
"Alex Hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> > Use HTML attribute "selected" in the option field you want to
> > set as default...
>
> Yes.., thank you.., however I am more interested in how to force that
selection to a specific option tag in the dropdown from a search. If I'm
missing your point please excuse me. I'm a little brain dead this
morning.
>
> If I have something like this what I'll want to do is to identify the
point in the array where I can force the selected to be the default based
on
the previous search.
>
> <select name="sellocation" class="body_text" id="sellocation">
> <option value="0" <?=$option[0]?>>Make Selection</option>
> <?
> $i = 1;
> while($row = mssql_fetch_array($result))
> {
> $v = $row['loc_id'];
> $n = $row['loc_city'];
> echo "<option value=\"$v\" $option[$i]>$n</option>";
> }
Try this:
while ($row = mssql_fetch_array($result)) {
$v = $row['loc_id'];
$n = $row['loc_city'];
echo "<option value=\"$v\" ";
// if current loc_id is previously selected loc_id set selected
echo ($_POST['sellocation'] == $v) ? 'selected' : '';
echo "$option[$i]>$n</option>";
}
Regards,
Torsten Roehr
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