Thank's for the help!
Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dean Householder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Piping data into a select box
> Hi Dean,
>
> > Does anyone know how to give a select pulldown box a default value
> > from a PHP variable?
>
> <?
> function generate_option_list ($key_value,$set) {
> // This function will return option list and set the selected attribute
> // $key_value : the associative array which contain the key and the value
for each option
> // $set : the value to be selected by deafult
> //
> // Usage: for example we want to have a dropdown list of month, and set
February as selected
> //
> // $key_value=array("01"=>"January","02"=>"February",...);
> // $option_list=generate_option_list($key_value,"02");
> // //$option_list now contain text <option value='01'>January</option>
> // // <option value='02'
selected>February</option>
> //
> // NOTE: This will only create the <OPTION> tag, without the <SELECT> tag
> //
>
> while ( list($key,$value) = each($key_value) ) {
> if ($key==$set) {$var.="<option value='$key'
selected>$value</option>";}
> else {$var.="<option value='$key'>$value</option>";}
> }
> return $var;
> }
>
> ?>
>
> --
> Jimmy
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Leave loved ones with loving words, it may be the last time you see them
>
>
>
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