[RESOLVED] Echo value of Session Variable for Drop Down List

Sherrie

Hi all!

I have a drop down list that should display the selected value from the stored session variable when the user returns to the page to review his/her response.

I know that I'm meant to echo the selected value, but i'm not quite sure how to go about doing that.

With my current code, it's adding the word SELECTED at the end of the selected option instead of showing it as the selected option.

Here is my code:

        <select name="division" id="division" >
          <option value="0">---Please Select---</option>
          <option value="1">Executive Office Division 
          <?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "1") echo "SELECTED"; ?>
          </option>
          <option value="2">Sales &amp; Marketing Division 
          <?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "2") echo "SELECTED"; ?>
          </option>
          <option value="3">Sales &amp; Operations Division 
          <?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "3") echo "SELECTED"; ?>
          </option>
          <option value="4">Admin &amp; Finance Division 
          <?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "4") echo "SELECTED"; ?>
          </option>
        </select>

Would be great if anyone can help me out with this.

Thanks!

stolzyboy

you need the echo INSIDE the tag where the selected would normally go, not in where the display is...

like the following:

<select name="division" id="division" > 
	<option value="0">---Please Select---</option> 
	<option value="1"<?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "1") echo " SELECTED"; ?>>Executive Office Division</option> 
	<option value="2"<?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "2") echo " SELECTED"; ?>>Sales &amp; Marketing Division</option> 
	<option value="3"<?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "3") echo " SELECTED"; ?>>Sales &amp; Operations Division </option> 
	<option value="4"<?php if($_SESSION['answer']['division'] == "4") echo " SELECTED"; ?>>Admin &amp; Finance Division</option> 
</select>

this is all assuming your session info is coming through correctly, essentially if the session info is correct, you were just having a simple HTML problem 🙂

Sherrie

stolzboy,

Oh my! I can't believe I was silly enough not to pick that up!

Thanks for replying and pointing it out to me.

It works like a charm now!

Thanks again!