changing default in a drop down menu

lilRachie

I have a order page
order.php
it has 2 drop down menus

ex.
what menu is fudge, brittle, cake etc
how much menu is dozen, 2 dozen etc

The defaults are just sentences telling you to choose.
If I click to order.php from fudge page
fudge.html
how do I make the what menu "default" to the option fudge?

😕 😕
help?

lilRachie

batman

post your code here.

iNFERiON

<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <select name="select">
    <option>-- Select one --</option>
[b]    <option value="Fudge" selected>Fudge</option>[/b]
    <option value="Brittle">Brittle</option>
    <option value="Cake">Cake</option>
  </select>
</form>

Make sure you have that in your source code and it should work fine.

batman

no, that is not what he wants.

Instead of linking directly to order.php from the fudge.html page, do something like this: <a href="order.php?x=fudge">ORDER</a>
Do the same link for the other pages as well.

<a href="order.php?x=brittle">ORDER</a>
<a href="order.php?x=cake">ORDER</a>

Then on the order.php page where it has the product drop down list change it to this:

<?
$product = $_GET['x'];
?>
<select name="select">
    <option>-- Select one --</option>
    <option value="Fudge" <?if ($product == 'fudge') { echo"selected"; } else { echo""; }?>>Fudge</option>
    <option value="Brittle" <?if ($product == 'brittle') { echo"selected"; } else { echo""; }?>>Brittle</option>
    <option value="Cake" <?if ($product == 'cake') { echo"selected"; } else { echo""; }?>>Cake</option>
  </select>

If this is confusing let me know,

lilRachie

on fudge.html
<form action='costs.php' method=POST>
<input type=hidden name=item value='fudge'>
<input type=image src="images/order.gif" name=submit border=0></form>

on costs.php
<form action="submit.php" method="POST">
<SELECT NAME="item" SIZE="1">
<OPTION VALUE=Any>Please Select a item type</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=brittle>brittle</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=cake>cake</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=fudge>fudge</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<SELECT NAME="amount" SIZE="1">
<OPTION VALUE=0>Please Select amount</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=1>dozen</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=2>2 dozen</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE=3>3 dozen</OPTION></SELECT>
button

on fudge.html is says value='fudge' what php magic will switch default on costs.php

TIA
lilRachie

batman

Take my last post post and change it a little bit.

<? 
$product = $_POST['item']; 
?> 
<SELECT NAME="item" SIZE="1"> 
<OPTION VALUE=Any>Please Select a item type</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=brittle <?if ($product == 'brittle') { echo"selected"; } else { echo""; }?>>brittle</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=cake <?if ($product == 'cake') { echo"selected"; } else { echo""; }?>>cake</OPTION> 
<OPTION VALUE=fudge <?if ($product == 'fudge') { echo"selected"; } else { echo""; }?>>fudge</OPTION> 
</SELECT>

lilRachie

I'm a she 😉
That works GREAT!
Thanks BatMan!! My hero.

kiss

lilRachie

batman

glad to help you...mam 😉 If I can help with anything else let me know. 😃