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From: David Chamberlin
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there an easy way to set something in a select list to be selected?
Right now I'm doing a real brute-force method. e.g.,
echo "<td><select name=\"disp_address\">";
$choices = array( 'pub' => 'On Public Page',
'members' => 'Only on Members Page',
'nodisp' => 'Do not Display' );
foreach ( $choices as $key => $choice ) {
$selected = '';
if ( strcmp( $key, $member_info->display_address ) == 0 ) {
$selected = 'selected';
}
echo "<option value=\"$key\" $selected>$choice";
}
echo '</select></td>';
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Well, that's pretty much how to do it. I'd really only query the expense of
a call to strcmp(), rather than just doing a straight comparison. And I'd
tend to do the if in-line where required, rather than assigning to an
intermediate variable. Which gives you this:
foreach ( $choices as $key => $choice ) {
echo "<option value=\"$key\""
if ($key==$member_info->display_address) {
echo 'selected';
}
echo ">$choice</option>";
}
Actually, I often wrap the "selected" test into a ?: operator, so you get
something like this:
foreach ( $choices as $key => $choice ) {
echo "<option value=\"$key\"" .
. ($key==$member_info->display_address?'selected':'')
. ">$choice</option>";
}
Also, the suggestion of turning this whole thing into a function is a good
one, if that works for you.
Cheers!
Mike Ford
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