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[Webapprentice]

Thanks to everybody who provided ideas to solve this.
I just have to get it working in my instance.

--Stephen

Alan T. Miller wrote:

>The following is a piece of code that demonstrates one way to do what you
>are trying to do.
>
><?php
>
>$arr = array (
>    '0' => 'Please Select',
>    'Weekly Rental' =>  'Weekly Rental',
>    'Monthly Rental' => 'Monthly Rental',
>    'Daily Rental' =>   'Daily Rental',
>    'Annual Rental' =>  'Annual Rental',
>    'Year Round Living' => 'Year Round Living',
>    'other' => 'Other'
>    );
>
>    echo"<select name=\\"looking_for\\" class=\\"smalltext\\">\
";
>    foreach($arr as $key=>$val) {
>        if($looking_for == $key) {
>            echo"\	<option value=\\"$key\\" SELECTED>$val</option>\
";
>        } else {
>            echo"\	<option value=\\"$key\\">$val</option>\
";
> }
>    }
>    echo"</select>\
";
>?>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hans Zaunere" <zaunere at yahoo.com>
>To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Remembering which option in a SELECT the user
>picked.
>
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>>--- Webapprentice <webapprentice at onemain.com> wrote:
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>>>Hello NYPHP group,
>>>I'm searching for an answer to this, that I don't find in the usual
>>>resources (i.e. PHP cookbook, www.php.net).  My PHP skill is novice at
>>>best, so I could use some help.
>>>
>>>
>>>I have a SELECT on a web form.
>>>
>>><select name="TimeChoice">
>>><option value="Friday August 22, 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM">Friday August 22,
>>>04:00 PM - 06:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Friday August 22, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM">Friday August 22,
>>>06:00 PM - 08:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Friday August 22, 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM">Friday August 22,
>>>08:00 PM - 10:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Friday August 22, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM">Friday August 22,
>>>10:00 PM - 12:00 AM</option>
>>><option value="Saturday August 23, 12:00 AM - 02:00 AM">Saturday August
>>>23, 12:00 AM - 02:00 AM</option>
>>><option value="Saturday August 23, 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM">Saturday August
>>>23, 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Saturday August 23, 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM">Saturday August
>>>23, 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Saturday August 23, 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM">Saturday August
>>>23, 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Saturday August 23, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM">Saturday August
>>>23, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Saturday August 23, 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM">Saturday August
>>>23, 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Saturday August 23, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM">Saturday August
>>>23, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM</option>
>>><option value="Sunday August 24, 12:00 AM - 02:00 AM">Sunday August 24,
>>>12:00 AM - 02:00 AM</option>
>>><option value="Sunday August 24, 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM">Sunday August 24,
>>>12:00 PM - 02:00 PM</option>
>>><option value="Sunday August 24, 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM">Sunday August 24,
>>>02:00 PM - 04:00 PM</option>
>>></select>
>>>      
>>>
>>Just my opinion, but to reduce processing and possible error, you may want
>>    
>>
>to
>  
>
>>consider making the value= some sort of shorter representation of the
>>    
>>
>value
>  
>
>>you're after.  This is really pedantic, though.
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Only one option may be chosen.
>>>
>>>When I submit this form, there could be errors.  When I have errors, I
>>>wish to reprint the form with the user's values remembered.  In the
>>>reprinted SELECT tag, one of the OPTION tags will now have a SELECTED
>>>attribute.  Is there any elegant way to insert the SELECTED attribute on
>>>the right option?
>>>
>>>I've been running into this situation a lot.
>>>      
>>>
>>Same here, so I wrote a silly little function:
>>
>>
>>function is_selected( $val,$val1 ) {
>>   if( $val == $val1 )
>>      return " SELECTED value=\\"$val1\\" ";
>>   else
>>      return " value=\\"$val1\\" ";
>>}
>>
>>which I use along these lines:
>>
>><select name=respon>
>>  <option <?=is_selected($_POST['respon'],'one')?> One! </option>
>>  <option <?=is_selected($_POST['respon'],'two'> Two! </option>
>>  <option <?=is_selected($_POST['respon'],'three')?> Three! </option>
>>  <option <?=is_selected($_POST['respon'],'four')?> Four! </option>
>></select>
>>
>>
>>
>>=====
>>Hans Zaunere
>>President, New York PHP
>>http://nyphp.org
>>hans at nyphp.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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