Problem - Echo to Option Groups

endus

Hi there,

I'm having a problem with using echos.

I have a registration form, and I want users to be able to update and change their info.

For text fields, im using the following...

<td>Phone: </td>
<td><input type="text" name="phone" maxlength="50" value="
<?
if($form->value("phone") == ""){
   echo $session->userinfo['phone'];
}else{
   echo $form->value("phone");
}
?>"></td>

This simply pulls the SQL data and places it in the form.

This works fine. However, for an option group (aka their state) I am unsure how to tell it to select a certain part of the option group so that it defaults to their previously selected state.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

dagon

put states in array, loop through it, checking for there existing value, and echo selected="selected" if it matches.

endus

Could you go a bit more in depth in your explanation? I don't quite understand what you're suggesting.

Thanks!

dagon

the below example is from something im working on, and i don't want to be bothered to get a list of states, but it should explain the principle.

replace my day of the week with states and $selected is the state value you already have for the person


	$day_of_week= array('0'=>'-- Select --','1'=>"Monday",'2'=>"Tuesday",'3'=>"Wednesday",'4'=>"Thursday",'5'=>"Friday",'6'=>"Saturday",'7'=>"Sunday",'8'=>"Every Day",'9'=>"Week Day",'10'=>"Weekend");



		function create_select($fields,$selected= ''){
			$field= '';

			foreach($fields as $key=>$val){
				$field.= '<option value="' . $key . '"';

				if("$key" == "$selected")
					$field.= ' selected="selected" ';

				$field.= ' >' . $val . '</option>';
			}

			return $field;
		}

echo '<select name="state">'.create_select($day_of_week,$selected).'</select>';