[Resolved] reloading drop downs...

jkatcher

how do i get the selection in the drop down menu to stay the same after a page is reloaded, because of lack of user information that was inputted?

TTT

leatherback

Hi,

You can do that by placing the word selected in the <option> tag for selected values. Or you can place an extra line in the top of the dropdownbox when you are reloading, with the sleected option.

jkatcher

j, can you give me an example of what you're talking about? thank you!

leatherback

Well,

it depends on how you make the drop-down boxes. Are they generated from the database/ Or have you typed them?

If you form them from your dtabase, you have a while loop in which you create the list of options, instead of just:

echo "<option value=\"$row['value']\">$row['value']</option>"

//you do:

if($selectedvalue = $row['value']
  {
  $check = 'selected'
  }
  else
  $check = "";
  }
echo "<option $check value=\"$row['value']\">$row['value']</option>"

jkatcher

I am not generating through the db, it's typed! --

<p>* How many records have you sold?
<select name="sold" class="input">
<option value="0-50">0-50
<option value="50-100">50-100
<option value="100-250">100-250
<option value="250-500">250-500
<option value="500-1000">500-1000
<option value="1000-2000">1000-2000
<option value="2000+">2000+
</select>
</p>

leatherback

Then, in the typed form:

<p>* How many records have you sold? 
<select name="sold" class="input">
<?
if(isset($_POST['sold']))
  {
  echo "<option selected value=\"".$_POST['sold']."\">".$_POST['sold']."</option>";
  }
?>
<option value="0-50">0-50 
<option value="50-100">50-100 
<option value="100-250">100-250 
<option value="250-500">250-500 
<option value="500-1000">500-1000 
<option value="1000-2000">1000-2000 
<option value="2000+">2000+ 
</select> 
</p>

Please note two things:
- A proper <option> field has an </option> tag
- This method ONLY works if you have the same option value.. as you have values in the dropdown (Between the <option></option> tags.

jkatcher

thank you for your help, it is up and running.