[RESOLVED] selected <option> - how to simplyfy ?

[elemelas]

Hi guys,

I have a couple of selects, let's say this one:

<select class=\"styled\" name=\"age\"><option>Prefer not to say</option><option>18
</option><option>19
</option><option>20
</option><option>21
</option><option>22
</option><option>23
</option><option>24
</option><option>25
</option><option>26
</option><option>27
</option><option>28
</option><option>29
</option><option>30
</option><option>31
</option><option>32
</option><option>33
</option><option>34
</option><option>35
</option><option>36
</option><option>37
</option><option>38
</option><option>39
</option><option>40
</option><option>41
</option><option>42
</option><option>43
</option><option>44
</option><option>45
</option><option>46
</option><option>47
</option><option>48
</option><option>49
</option><option>50
</option><option>51
</option><option>52
</option><option>53
</option><option>54
</option><option>55
</option><option>56
</option><option>57
</option><option>58
</option><option>59
</option><option>60
</option><option>61
</option><option>62
</option><option>63
</option><option>64
</option><option>65
</option><option>66
</option><option>67
</option><option>68
</option><option>69
</option><option>70
</option><option>71
</option><option>72
</option><option>73
</option><option>74
</option><option>75
</option><option>76
</option><option>77
</option><option>78
</option><option>79
</option><option>80
</option><option>81
</option><option>82
</option><option>83
</option><option>84
</option><option>85
</option><option>86
</option><option>87
</option><option>88
</option><option>89
</option><option>90
</option><option>91
</option><option>92
</option><option>93
</option><option>94
</option><option>95
</option><option>96
</option><option>97
</option><option>98
</option><option>99
</option></select>

Now I want users to be able to update this values whenever they want. I started to do something like this:

<select class=\"styled\" name=\"age\"><option"); if($age=="Prefer not to say") { echo(" selected=\"selected\""); } echo(">Prefer not to say</option>"); }
etc .....

but is there any way of me not having to type in 100 of values for each field manually, but doing this on some kind of loop/array ? any help would be greatly appreciated !

cheers

[scrupul0us]

$min_age = 18;
$max_age = 99;
$cur_age = ''; //USERS CURRENT SELECTION

$html = '<select class="styled" name="age">';

if ($cur_age == 'Prefer not to say')
{
     $html .= '<option selected="selected">Prefer not to say</option>';
}
else
{
     $html .= '<option>Prefer not to say</option>';
}

foreach(range($min_age,$max_age) as $age)
{
     if ($age == $cur_age)
     {     

          $html .= '<option selected="selected">'.$age.'</option>';
     }
     else
     {
          $html .= '<option>'.$age.'</option>';
     }
}
$html .= '</select>';

that will loop the entire structure for you

[elemelas]

scrupul0us, thanks for your reply. the only other problem, which i didn't mention, is that some of the other fields aren't just numbers (I've probably choosen bad example, sorry). The others would be let's say

<option>Mercedes</option>
<option>BMW</option>
<option>Honda</option>
<option>Subaru</option>

etc ......

Is there any way of getting around that ?

[scrupul0us]

well in an instance where you'd be using textual values, you can use an array of values

$cars = array('mercedes','volvo','pinto');
$cur_car = ''; //USERS CURRENT SELECTION

$html = '<select class="styled" name="cars">';

foreach($cars as $car)
{
     if ($car == $cur_car)
     {     

          $html .= '<option selected="selected">'.$car.'</option>';
     }
     else
     {
          $html .= '<option>'.$car.'</option>';
     }
}
$html .= '</select>'; 

[elemelas]

That does the job indeed, thank you !