How is your option list created? Did you pull the names and values from a
database? Or is the list hard-coded?
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From: its me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 3:39 AM
Subject: [PHP-DB] selected problem
i have the file:
edit_profile.php
in it i have a form field like this:
<select name="location">
<OPTION selected value="">Choose City</OPTION> <OPTION
value=10-Ramadan>10-Ramadan</OPTION> <OPTION
value="15 May">15 May</OPTION> <OPTION
value=6-October>6-October</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Abou Redes">Abou Redes</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Abou-Zabal>Abou-Zabal</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Al Arish">Al Arish</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Al Mahala">Al Mahala</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Al Tour">Al Tour</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Al-Natroun>Al-Natroun</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Alexandria>Alexandria</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Asuit>Asuit</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Aswan>Aswan</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Bader>Bader</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Bani-Sweif>Bani-Sweif</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Belbis>Belbis</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Berkeit sabb">Berkeit sabb</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Cairo>Cairo</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Dahab>Dahab</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Damanhour>Damanhour</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Disouk>Disouk</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Dumiat>Dumiat</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Ein Soukhna">Ein Soukhna</OPTION> <OPTION
value="El- Maniea">El- Maniea</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Fayed>Fayed</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Fayoum>Fayoum</OPTION> <OPTION value="High
Dam">High
Dam</OPTION> <OPTION value=Hurghada>Hurghada</OPTION>
<OPTION value=Inshas>Inshas</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Ismaelia>Ismaelia</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Kafr Al Shiek">Kafr Al Shiek</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Katamia>Katamia</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Luxor>Luxor</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Mansoura>Mansoura</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Marabella>Marabella</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Maraquia>Maraquia</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Marsa matrouh">Marsa matrouh</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Met Ghamr">Met Ghamr</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Monofia>Monofia</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Moustorod>Moustorod</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Nubieh>Nubieh</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Oubour City">Oubour City</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Port Sayed">Port Sayed</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Qanater El Khiraya ">Qanater El
Khiraya</OPTION>
<OPTION value=Qliub>Qliub</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Quana>Quana</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Quesna>Quesna</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Rafah>Rafah</OPTION> <OPTION value="Ras
Sidr">Ras
Sidr</OPTION> <OPTION value="Sadat City">Sadat
City</OPTION> <OPTION value=Saqara>Saqara</OPTION>
<OPTION
value="Sedi Krier">Sedi Krier</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Sharm el Shiek">Sharm el Shiek</OPTION> <OPTION
value="Shebin Al Koum">Shebin Al Koum</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Suhag>Suhag</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Suiez>Suiez</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Taba>Taba</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Tanta>Tanta</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Tebin>Tebin</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Zafrana>Zafrana</OPTION> <OPTION
value=Zagazik>Zagazik</OPTION>
</select>
as you can see there is many options:)
and i got from my database:
$location="Alexandria"
so i wanted to appear selected,how can i do this??
Rehab M.Shouman
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