Form validation

[lightkeepr]

I have a form and when the form is submitted it is validated and processed. If validation is failed it returns the form on an error page and lists what was required that was not entered. It also auto-fills the previous submissions back in but I cannot get it to change drop-boxes or chec boxes. Any help?

[Plasma]

You need to loop through the items and place a SELECTED or CHECKED attribute in them in order to mark them as selected/checked for each combobox/checkbox.

[lightkeepr]

here is an example of a text box on the error page form:
Name: <input name="fullname" type="text" id="fullname" value="<?php echo $fullname; ?>" size="40">

How would I get the following to work?
Type: <select name="pet1type" size="1" id="pet1type">
<option selected>Choose One</option>
<option value="Dog">Dog</option>
<option value="Cat">Cat</option>
</select>
By default Choose One is selected by in the validation if it still is selected it errors out, but if it is selected (either cat or dog) and the form errors because of another entry how do I code this to put their selection back?

Here is the other dilemma: <input name="boardservice" type="checkbox" id="boardservice" value="YES">. if the box is checked, how do i get the error form to check it?

Sorry for being such a noob... I am still learning. Thanks in advance. :o