In_Array Question

[geogal]

Hi All,

Can someone tell me why this isn't working? I have three dynamic dropdown boxes that should default to the database selection. They are the Month, Date and Year taken from a datetime field.

In my SQL statement, I have already re-formatted the values to print correctly:

$selMonth = $myrow[6];
$selDay = $myrow[7];
$selYear = $myrow[8];

echo "$selMonth<BR>$selDay<br>$selYear";

AS

August
25
2003

Here is my Month dynamic box:

---

<?
$months= array(1=>'January', 'February', 'March',
'April', 'May', 'June', 'July',

'August', 'September', 'October',
'November', 'December');

if(in_array($selMonth, $months)){
$selected = "selected";
}
else{
$selected = "";
}

echo "<select>\n";
for($count=1; $count<=12; $count++)

{
echo "<option $selected value=\"$count\">$months[$count]\n";
}

echo "</select>\n";

But the default is the last Month (December). I cannot get it to match my selMonth of August to the array value of August.

Any suggestions?

Thanks much.

Geogal
🙂

[barand]

$months= array(1=>'January', 'February', 'March', 
'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 
'August', 'September', 'October', 
'November', 'December'); 

echo "<select name='selMonth'>\n"; 
for($count=1; $count<=12; $count++) 

{
$selected = ($selMonth ==  $months[$i] ) ? "selected" : "" ;
echo "<option $selected value=\"$count\">$months[$count]\n"; 
} 
echo "</select>\n"; 

[geogal]

Thanks for the fast response Barand.

Now I'm getting the first month as a default, so it's always January. I'ts like it's not looping through the entire array. When I print selMonth next to the dropdown, I get the correct month (August). Unfortunately the dropdown doesn't correspond.

I'll keep trying...thanks!

Geogal

[barand]

I've just edited the post to correct my stupid mistake (hope no-one noticed)

Should be
$selected = ($selMonth == $months[$i] ) ? "selected" : "" ;

[geogal]

I certainly didn't notice 🙂

I'm still getting January. Viewing the source from the web page:

<select name=selMonth>
<option value="1">January
<option value="2">February
<option value="3">March
<option value="4">April
<option value="5">May
<option value="6">June
<option value="7">July
<option value="8">August
<option value="9">September
<option value="10">October
<option value="11">November
<option value="12">December
</select>

Thanks for helping me on this! I'm still plugging away.

Geogal

[barand]

At the point where we enter this bit of code, what exactly does $selMonth contain? Is it "8" or "August"?

[geogal]

It contains "August".

[barand]

It's that same line again. I habitually use $i for for loops whereas you have used $count. Change to

$selected = ($selMonth ==  $months[$count] ) ? "selected" : "" ; 

[geogal]

That did it! Thank you VERY much; my headache is suddenly gone...

Geogal