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define initially selected option
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:19 am
by lcky13
In php is there any way to define what is selected when the user enters the page. For example, I have a drop down list of months. I would like November to be the initially selected option. Can this be done with PHP?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:28 am
by Burrito
done with HTML that is.
use something like this you should:
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<select name="month">
<option value="January">Januray</option>
..
<option value="November" selected="selected">November</option>
</select>
make that dynamic with php you could (to select the current month etc). But output to the client in HTML it must.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:35 am
by lcky13
that is what I need to do, make it dynamic?
how do I accomplish this with php?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:53 am
by Burrito
untested this is...
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$mon = date("F");
echo "<select name=\"month\">";
echo "<option value=\"January\" ".($mon == "January" ? "selected=\"selected\"" : "").">January</option>";
echo "</select>";
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:09 pm
by lcky13
<?php if($m == "January"){echo " selected";}?>
ended up just inserting this into my html
works!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:47 pm
by John Cartwright
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$months = array(
'January',
'Febuary',
'March',
'April',
'May',
'June',
'July',
'August',
'September',
'November',
'December',
);
echo '<select name="month">';
foreach ($months as $month) {
echo '<option value="'.$month.'" '.($month == date('F', time()) ? 'selected="selected"' : '').'>'.$month.'</option>';
}
echo '</select>';