retaining form information ...

[iwidesign]

Hi,

Would appreciate some help. I have a form which sends information to a database and works like lovely. A small problem is that if the user enters incorrect information they are returned to the form to correct their errors - fine you say? Actually, no - the text fields retain their information but the drop down boxes and tick boxes do not - any ideas?

Cheers in hotly anticipated advance ...

[onion2k]

For a check box to retain its state you need to add a 'checked' directive to the html when you write the form.

echo "<input type='checkbox' name='check1' value='1' ".(($_POST['check1']==1)?"checked":"").">";

For a select box to retain state you need to add a "selected" directive to the option that was selected.

echo "<select name='select1'>";
echo "<option value='1' ".(($_POST['select1']==1)?"selected":"").">";
echo "</select>";

This assumes that your form is being POSTed.