Shorten/Streamline Code

[josie]

Hi,

Is there a shorter, quicker way to do this?

if ($item_color == "Green"){
   $item_option = "<option value=\"\">Please Choose...</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"\">----------------</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"1\" selected>Green</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"2\">Blue</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"3\">Yellow</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"4\">Orange</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"5\">Red</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"6\">Purple</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"7\">Black</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"8\">White</option>\n";
} elseif ($item_color == "Blue"){
   $item_option = "<option value=\"\">Please Choose...</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"\">----------------</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"1\">Green</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"2\" selected>Blue</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"3\">Yellow</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"4\">Orange</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"5\">Red</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"6\">Purple</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"7\">Black</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"8\">White</option>\n";
} elseif ($item_color == "Yellow"){
   $item_option = "<option value=\"\">Please Choose...</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"\">----------------</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"1\">Green</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"2\">Blue</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"3\" selected>Yellow</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"4\">Orange</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"5\">Red</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"6\">Purple</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"7\">Black</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"8\">White</option>\n";
} elseif ($item_color == "Orange"){
   $item_option = "<option value=\"\">Please Choose...</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"\">----------------</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"1\">Green</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"2\">Blue</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"3\">Yellow</option>\n".
   "<option value=\"4\" selected>Orange</option>\n".
..... etc ..... etc

Notice that the only change to the value of $item_option is the 'selected' option based on the value of $item_color. Just wondered if there was a less laborious way of doing this kind of thing?

Thanks for your help,

Josie

[swallace]

Try this...

1st - Put the colours into an Array...

2nd - Using a for loop...print out the option statement with using an if item_color==array[item] then echo "selected" within the <option>

That's a brief idea...I'm off to lunch now...good luck. If u can't get anywhere, I'll write some code later on...
:p

[br__ken]

// this works, with 1 problem, its 0 based, not 1 based //

$colors=array("green","blue","yellow","orange","red","purple","black","white");
$item_color = "orange";
echo "<select name=colors>";
for($i=0;$i<count($colors);$i++)
{

$sel=(($item_color==$colors[$i])?" selected":"");
echo "<option value=$i $sel>$colors[$i]\n";
}
echo "</select>";

[josie]

It works!
Thank you brøken.

To start an array at 1 use:

$colors=array(1 => "green","blue","yellow","orange","red","purple","black","white");

Thanks for your help.

Josie