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Posted by Jack Jackson on 07/26/05 01:26
Thanks so much, Mark, Matt and John! I'll play with all those.
Much appreciated,
JJ
Mark Cain wrote:
> Here's the way I do it:
>
> The following is an HTML code snippet with embedded PHP code for the
> intelligence.
>
> <select name="shipper>
> <option value="DHL" <? if ($shipped_via == "DHL") echo "selected";
> ?>>DHL
> <option value="FedEx" <? if ($shipped_via == "FedEx") echo "selected";
> ?>>FedEx
> <option value="UPS" <? if ($shipped_via == "UPS") echo "selected";
> ?>>UPS
> </select>
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> Mark Cain
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Jackson" <jackson.linux@gmail.com>
> To: "[php] PHP General List" <php-general@lists.php.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:37 PM
> Subject: [PHP] Prepopulating form fields afer an error
>
>
>
>>Hi,
>>I have a form and it does basic error checking after submission; when
>>the user omits required fields it kicks back the form with highlighted
>>errors telling them the error of their ways.
>>
>>I've sussed out that by populating the value of the field with
>>$fieldvalue I can have that form field "populated" with the data the
>>user *did* enter for that field:
>>
>>something like
>>
>><input type="text" name="email_address" value="<?php echo $email_address?>
>>
>>That works great. But how can I do the same thing for drop down boxes,
>>when they select an option?
>>
>>I tried the unwieldy,
>>
>><select name='blah'>
>> <?php if (!empty(blah)) {
>> echo "<option value='";
>> echo "$blah";
>> echo "'>"
>> echo "$blah";
>> echo "</option>\n";
>> }
>> ?>
>>
>>
>>And that, lo and behold, didn't work. Can anyone offer a suggestion?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>JJ
>>
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