> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morgan Curley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:52 PM
> To: PHP-General List
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Better way (if...elseif...else)
>
>
> Make sure you reset $selected at the end of the while loop.
>
OoPs! Yes, reset $selected, haha.
> if HTML readability is a concern you can also do something like the
> following( for static lists I find it easier this way ):
>
> <?php $priority_selected[$priority] = 'SELECTED'; ?>
> <SELECT NAME="priority">
> <OPTION VALUE="000" <?php echo($priority_selected['000'])?>>Low
> <OPTION VALUE="050" <?php
> echo($priority_selected['050'])?>>Medium
> <OPTION VALUE="100" <?php echo($priority_selected['100'])?>>High
> </SELECT>
>
> morgan
>
> At 05:30 PM 3/29/2001 -0800, Jason Lotito wrote:
>
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ashley M. Kirchner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:56 PM
> > > To: PHP-General List
> > > Subject: [PHP] Better way (if...elseif...else)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there a better way to write the following snippet:
> > >
> > > if ($priority == "000") {
> > > $fcol="high";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"000\" selected>High\n";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"050\">Medium\n";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"100\">Low\n";
> > > } elseif ($priority == "050") {
> > > $fcol="med";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"000\">High\n";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"050\" selected>Medium\n";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"100\">Low\n";
> > > } else {
> > > $fcol="low";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"000\">High\n";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"050\">Medium\n";
> > > $pstr .= "<option value=\"100\" selected>Low\n";
> > > }
> > >
> > > I just hate having to repeat pieces of code. This piece here just
> > > generates a drop down list of items, with the current one being the
> > > selected one.
> >
> >
> >$val = array("000","050","100");
> >$val_name = array("Low","Medium","High");
> >$count = count($val);
> >$counter = 0;
> >while ($counter < $count)
> >{
> > if ($val[$counter] == $priority)
> > {
> > $selected = " selected";
> > }
> > echo "<option
> >value=\"$val[$counter]\"$selected>$val_name[$counter]</option>";
> > $counter++;
> >}
> >
> >
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