What I would do, and this is one of those "write it once, use it a 1000
times" things, is store all your states in an array.
<?
$states = array(
'AL' => 'Alabama',
'AK' => 'Alaska',
'AZ' => 'Arizona'
);
?>
Then, you can loop through that array to build your form element:
<?
echo '<select name="state">';
foreach($states as $code => $fullName)
{
echo "<option value='{$code}'>{$fullName}</option>";
}
echo '</select>';
?>
MUCH less code eh?
Then, to have the pre-selected element selected again, I'll assume you have
a value like $state or $selectedState, with a value of 'AZ' for example.
<?
$selectedState = 'AZ'; //usually grabbed from a database I assume?
echo '<select name="state">';
foreach($states as $code => $fullName)
{
if($stateSelected == $code) { $sel = ' SELECTED'; } else { $sel = ''; }
echo "<option value='{$code}'{$sel}>{$fullName}</option>";
}
echo '</select>';
?>
The result of which would be something like:
<select name="state">
<option value='AL'>Alabama</option>
<option value='AK'>Alaska</option>
<option value='AZ' SELECTED>Arizona</option>
</select>
Season to taste :)
Justin French
on 07/01/03 4:54 AM, Steven Kallstrom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I have a drop down list with all fifty states. very common. I conjured
> up a way to store the value when you return to edit the form, but there
> most be an easier way either in html, or in php. Here is what I
> currently have.
>
> <select name="state">
> <option value="AL"{$stateselected['AL']}>Alabama</option>
> <option value="AK"{$stateselected['AK']}>Alaska</option>
> <option value="AZ"{$stateselected['AZ']}>Arizona</option>
> .
> </select>
>
> $stateselected['$state'] is an array that stores the state that was
> selected on the prior form. is there an easier way, to have a default
> state picked out of this drop down list.???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven Kallstrom
>
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