displaying form and results side by side

[ketanco]

Hello,
How can I make the last selected choice on drop down menu form remain there after submitting? Right now the choice I am submitting displays the correct result somewhere else but as soon as I submit, the drop down selection returns to its default value.

[coldwerturkey]

this demonstrates a way of achieving that.. I personally would use arrays, but that should give you an idea

//define $_POST['item'] if form hasn't be submitted
$_POST['item'] = (isset($_POST['item'])) ? $_POST['item'] : null;
//...
echo "<option"; if($_POST['item'] == 'this_item') {echo "selected='selected'";} echo ">this_item</option>";

[ketanco]

Thanks I did it as follows:

echo "<select name=\"month\">";
$mnts=array(0,Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec);
for ($i=1; $i<13; $i++)
{
if($_POST['month']==$i){$sel="selected";}else{$sel=null;}
echo "<option value=$i $sel>$mnts[$i]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";