retaining previously entered values in list/menu box

[Jim_Madrid]

I have a user registration form that gives error responses if the info isn´t entered correctly. An error response will cause the output form to appear again with the previously entered values. How do I get a list/menu to display the previously entered value?

Following is a couple of lines from the script that explain what I mean.

echo '<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Contrasena:</td><td><input name="password" type="password" id="password" value="'.htmlspecialchars($_POST['password']).'"></strong></font></td></tr>';
    echo '<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Confirmar Contraseña:</td><td><input name="password2" type="password" id="password2" value="'.htmlspecialchars($_POST['password2']).'"></td></tr>';
	echo '<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Grupo:</td><td>
	<select name="user_level" id="user_level">
    <option value="Arthropod">Arthropod</option>
    <option value="Mollusca">Mollusca</option>
    <option value="Chordata">Chordata</option>
  </select>';
	echo '<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </td><td><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" ></strong></font></td></tr>';

Thanks

Jim

[bad76]

Try to use SELECTED tag in OPTION:

<select name="user_level" id="user_level">
<option value="Arthropod" <?if($user_level=="Arthropod") echo "SELECTED"?>>Arthropod</option>
<option value="Mollusca"<?if($user_level=="Mollusca") echo "SELECTED"?>>Mollusca</option>

see you.