showing submitted option in dynamic list box

[paulhelyer]

Hi all,

I have a list box which dynamically generates dates between a min and a max date range.

When the user submits the form, I want their selected value to remain in place while the form is generated.

I am new to PHP and cannot get my head around this. Below is what I have so far.

<select name="theDate" id="theDate">
<option value="">DD</option>
<?php
for ($day = 1; $day <= 31; $day++) {
echo '<option value="' . $day . '">' . $day . '</option>';
}
?>
</select>

I was thinking something along the lines of:

echo '<option value="' . $day . ' 'if($day == $submittedDay){echo . 'selected' ">' . $day . '</option>';

but I cannot get it work.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul

[NogDog]

I often do something like...

<select name="theDate" id="theDate">
<option value="">DD</option>
<?php
for ($day = 1; $day <= 31; $day++) {
   $selected = ($day == $submittedDay) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
   echo '<option value="' . $day . '"'.$selected.'>' . $day . '</option>';
}
?>
</select>