Revisit--changing select values

[jamesh]

Hello to all, and thanks in advance:

I have a selection box that I want to change the value on if a user retrieves data from the database. For example, I have a list of items, and the user can select one, and submit that choice to the db. If he then retrieves his "order" from the db, I would like the list to display his choice as the default.

Is there a way to do this? If so, can it also be done with multiple select?

....struggling to get out of the newbie shell....

       --Jim

[amcgrath]

I assume you know what his choice is, so I will answer and also assume this variable is called $user_choice:
<?
echo '<select name=some_name>';
while(list($k,$v) = @each($some_list)) {
$sel = ($user_choice == $k ? " SELECTED " : " ");
echo "<option $sel value=$k>$v";
}
echo "</select>";

For multiple values, instead of $user_choice == $k use in_array($k,$user_choice) ....