Here's the way I do it:
The following is an HTML code snippet with embedded PHP code for the
intelligence.
<select name="shipper>
<option value="DHL" <? if ($shipped_via == "DHL") echo "selected";
?>>DHL
<option value="FedEx" <? if ($shipped_via == "FedEx") echo "selected";
?>>FedEx
<option value="UPS" <? if ($shipped_via == "UPS") echo "selected";
?>>UPS
</select>
Mark Cain
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[php] PHP General List" <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: [PHP] Prepopulating form fields afer an error
> Hi,
> I have a form and it does basic error checking after submission; when
> the user omits required fields it kicks back the form with highlighted
> errors telling them the error of their ways.
>
> I've sussed out that by populating the value of the field with
> $fieldvalue I can have that form field "populated" with the data the
> user *did* enter for that field:
>
> something like
>
> <input type="text" name="email_address" value="<?php echo $email_address?>
>
> That works great. But how can I do the same thing for drop down boxes,
> when they select an option?
>
> I tried the unwieldy,
>
> <select name='blah'>
> <?php if (!empty(blah)) {
> echo "<option value='";
> echo "$blah";
> echo "'>"
> echo "$blah";
> echo "</option>\n";
> }
> ?>
>
>
> And that, lo and behold, didn't work. Can anyone offer a suggestion?
>
> Thanks in advance
> JJ
>
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