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Selected Value in Dropdown

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:09 pm
by kristolklp
I am looking for an efficient way to automatically select the selected value in the dropdown upon reloading the page. I cannot get it to work. Looking for some help please. Thanks.

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echo "<select name='color'>";
echo "<option value='blue' =(".$_SESSION['color']." == 'blue'?'selected':'')>blue</option>";
echo "<option value='red' =(".$_SESSION['color']." == 'red'?'selected':'')>red</option>";
echo "</select>";

Re: Selected Value in Dropdown

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:55 pm
by requinix
It's not working because it's completely messed up.

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echo "<select name='color'>";
echo "<option value='blue' ".($_SESSION['color'] == 'blue'?'selected':'').">blue</option>";
echo "<option value='red' ".($_SESSION['color'] == 'red'?'selected':'').">red</option>";
echo "</select>";
In all fairness, it seems your original code wasn't quite what you actually had, so it's not as "messed up" as I thought.

Re: Selected Value in Dropdown

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:58 pm
by kristolklp
Tough love...but thanks for the help.