Posted by info on 09/14/05 09:43

Robert,
Murray's suggestion is good. Here is some code to produce the current value of 'county' in a select list:


<!-- START of counties.php -->
<?php $_REQUEST['county'] = !isset($_REQUEST['county'])? NULL:$_REQUEST['county']; // initialize or capture ?>
<select name="county">
<option value="<?php echo $_REQUEST['county'];?>" SELECTED><?php echo $_REQUEST['county'];?></option>
<!-- Add, remove or change any of the select option items below: -->
<option value="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</option>
<option value="Angus">Angus</option>
<option value="Argyll & Bute">Argyll & Bute</option>
<option value="Avon">Avon</option>
<option value="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</option>
<option value="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</option>
<option value="Berkshire">Berkshire</option>
<option value="Borders">Borders</option>
<option value="Western Isles">Western Isles</option>
</select>
<!-- END of counties.php -->


Here's a basic select list article:
http://www.globalissa.com/articles/articleSelectList.php

Dave.
http://www.globalissa.com
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> I have to create registration forms all the time for people in the office
> and
> what I keep running into is that I need a way for when they edit a field
> that
> the drop-down list of choices is automatically set for the right now.
>
> I have 100+ counties in one list, but I don't want to write 100+ if
> statements
> for checking to see if the value of $county equals the value of the field
> I am
> drop down choice.
>
> Anyone have some quick solutions?
>
> I have radio buttons as well, but going to use a drop-down list for the
> editing
> pages to make it all simple.
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