Form select presat ?

[MichaelHe]

I have made a form where I can edit data from a database.

First I have collected the data from a ID number ex.

$firstname=$row['Firstname'];
$something=$row['Something'];

Then I have made a form where i write:

<input type="text" name="fieldname" value="<?echo $firstname;?>">

This way I writes the data in the field, and I can then edit it or leave it as it is, before I Update the database with the editted info.

But I have some fields which can only contain 2 or 3 different info, and these field are selected like this in the form:

<select name="something">
    <option>1 chose</option>
    <option>2 chose</option>
    <option>3 chose</option>
</select>

But how do I get this to automaticly be set to the value already choosen in the database.
If the field something is ex. Chose 2, the selection should be sat to Chose 2 when I enter the site.
I have tried with

<select name="something" value="<?echo $something;?>">
    <option>1 chose</option>
    <option>2 chose</option>
    <option>3 chose</option>
</select>

But this doesn't work on a "select" for some reason.

How do I do that ??

Michael

[leatherback]

You need to use the keyword selected:

<select ...>
<option value="" selected>...</option>
<option value="">...</option>
</select>

[cahva]

You dont put value in select tag. You put it to option tag. And SELECTED to that option that you want to be selected by default eg:

 <select name="something">
    <option value="1">1 chose</option>
    <option value="2" SELECTED>2 chose</option>
    <option value="3">3 chose</option>
</select>

And to put selected the same as $something, put if clause to option tag..

[MichaelHe]

Off cause.. I have to use SELECTED in the option tag..

Now I have made it like this and it works..

<select name="something">
    <option value="1 Chose" <?if($something=='1 Chose'){echo "selected";}?>>1 Chose</option>
    <option value="2 Chose" <?if($something=='2 Chose'){echo "selected";}?>>2 Chose</option>
    <option value="3 Chose" <?if($something=='3 Chose'){echo "selected";}?>>3 Chose</option>
  </select>

Now it sets SELECTED behind the option tag that fits the data already written in the batadase.

Thanks for your help.