This probably isn't the most elegant method either, but this is how I did
it:
function mark_sel($value, $option) {
// Compare the actual value ($value) to a possible value ($option) to
determine
// if the possible value should be marked as "selected" in a form element.
if ($value == $option) return 'selected';
}
In practice, it looks something like this:
echo '<select name="jenis_biasiswa">'.
'<option' . mark_sel($actual_value_in_db, Penuh) . '>Penuh</option>'.
'<option' . mark_sel($actual_value_in_db, Separuh) .
'>Separuh</option>'.
'<option' . mark_sel($actual_value_in_db, Sendiri) .
'>Sendiri</option>'.
'</select>'
;
A slightly more elegant method might be to write a function to write the
entire option tag for you. Off the top of my head, that would probably be
something like:
function print_option($selected, $value) {
// $selected is the value of the selected element, $value is the value of
this
// element.
echo '<option';
if ($value == $selected) echo ' selected';
echo '>' . $value . '</option>' . "\n";
}
If you want to get really fancy, write a print_selected function that
accepts a list of options and loops through them to place the proper option
tags, selections, etc. However, that's a bit beyond the scope of this
message :)
Note also that the label displayed to the user and the value sent to the
server can be different if you want, by using the value attribute (e.g.,
<option value="foo">Click here to foo!</option>).
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