[RESOLVED] Prepopulate Dropdown

[netfrugal]

I have below the United States in a dropdown menu.

If a person chooses a state and hits the submit button, they are only returned back to the form if they haven't completed all the fields.

I put each field in a Session Variable, and so it populates all the fields that the person has completed, if he/she is sent back to the form.

But, the dropdown menu is not doing it. All the other fields are being populated just fine too!

Here is what I have done:

            <select name="state">
              <option value="">Please Select...</option>
              <option value="AL" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'AL'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Alabama</option>
              <option value="AK" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'AK'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Alaska</option>
              <option value="AZ" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'AZ'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Arizona</option>
              <option value="AK" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'AK'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Arkansas</option>
              <option value="CA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'CA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>California</option>
              <option value="CO" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'CO'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Colorado</option>
              <option value="CT" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'CT'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Connecticut</option>
              <option value="DE" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'DE'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Delaware</option>
              <option value="DC" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'DC'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>District of Columbia</option>
              <option value="FL" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'FL'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Florida</option>
              <option value="GA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'GA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Georgia</option>
              <option value="HI" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'HI'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Hawaii</option>
              <option value="ID" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'ID'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Idaho</option>
              <option value="IL" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'IL'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Illinois</option>
              <option value="IN" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'IN'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Indiana</option>
              <option value="IA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'IA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Iowa</option>
              <option value="KS" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'KS'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Kansas</option>
              <option value="KY" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'KY'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Kentucky</option>
              <option value="LA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'LA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Louisiana</option>
              <option value="ME" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'ME'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Maine</option>
              <option value="MH" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MH'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Marshall Islands</option>
              <option value="MD" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MD'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Maryland</option>
              <option value="MA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Massachusetts</option>
              <option value="MI" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MI'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Michigan</option>
              <option value="MN" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MN'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Minnesota</option>
              <option value="MS" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MS'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Mississippi</option>
              <option value="MO" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MO'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Missouri</option>
              <option value="MT" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'MT'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Montana</option>
              <option value="NE" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'NE'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Nebraska</option>
              <option value="NV" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'NV'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Nevada</option>
              <option value="NH" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'NH'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>New Hampshire</option>
              <option value="NJ" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'NJ'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>New Jersey</option>
              <option value="NM" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'NM'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>New Mexico</option>
              <option value="NY" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'NY'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>New York</option>
              <option value="NC" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'NC'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>North Carolina</option>
              <option value="ND" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'ND'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>North Dakota</option>
              <option value="OH" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'OH'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Ohio</option>
              <option value="OK" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'OK'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Oklahoma</option>
              <option value="OR" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'OR'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Oregon</option>
              <option value="PW" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'PW'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Palau</option>
              <option value="PA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'PA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Pennsylvainia</option>
              <option value="PR" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'PR'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Puerto Rico</option>
              <option value="RI" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'RI'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Rhode Island</option>
              <option value="SC" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'SC'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>South Carolina</option>
              <option value="SD" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'SD'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>South Dakota</option>
              <option value="TN" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'TN'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Tennessee</option>
              <option value="TX" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'TX'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Texas</option>
              <option value="VT" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'VT'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Vermont</option>
              <option value="VI" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'VI'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Virgin Islands</option>
              <option value="VA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'VA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Virginia</option>
              <option value="WA" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'WA'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Washington</option>
              <option value="WV" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'WV'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>West Virginia</option>
              <option value="WI" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'WI'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Wisconsin</option>
              <option value="WY" <? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'WY'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Wyoming</option>
            </select>

Does anything look incorrect to anyone?

The odd thing is, Wyoming is chosen as the populated option, even if I choose any other state.

Any thoughts?

[NogDog]

You are comparing the boolean result of isset() to a string. Change this...

<? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) == 'WY'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>

...to this...

<? if (isset($_SESSION['state']) and $_SESSION['state'] == 'WY'){ print 'selected="selected"'; } ?>

[Weedpacket]

Or set $SESSION['state'] to, say, null, if it isn't set already. If that's not feasible (because it does mean storing the state session variable even if it is null), then put the value of $SESSION['state'] (if it is set) into another variable that can have a default (for when $_SESSION['state'] is not set).

You'd probably also find it a lot less tedious to have the computer do the repetitive bits for you:

$selected_state = '';
if(isset($_SESSION['state'])) $selected_state = $_SESSION['state'];

$states = array('AL'=>'Alabama', 'AK'=>'Alaska', ...);

foreach($states as $abbrev=>$state)
{
	$selected_attribute = '';
	if($selected_state==$abbrev)
	{
		$selected_attribute = ' selected="selected"';
	}
	echo "<option value=\"$abbrev\" $selected_attribute>$state</option>";
}

[stonewall2185]

The code you have listed at the last posting is great:
$selected_state = '';
if(isset($SESSION['state'])) $selected_state = $SESSION['state'];

$states = array('AL'=>'Alabama', 'AK'=>'Alaska', ...);

foreach($states as $abbrev=>$state)
{
$selected_attribute = '';
if($selected_state==$abbrev)
{
$selected_attribute = ' selected="selected"';
}
echo "<option value=\"$abbrev\" $selected_attribute>$state</option>";
}

BUTTTT my question is how can I call the State array from a different page. I don't want to have the whole long list of states to my form code.

How could I set the state array as a session variable to call them in? Or is there a better way to do it?

thanks,

Matt

[bradgrafelman]

stonewall2185;11028185 wrote:

The code you have listed at the last posting is great

Just checking... you do realize you replied to a thread that was started over half a decade ago, right?

stonewall2185;11028185 wrote:

Or is there a better way to do it?

Define the array in a separate PHP file and [man]include[/man] or [man]require[/man] that file in any script(s) in which you desire to use it.