Question

Can any one help me with this..

i have an option box like this

<select name="facility_info_input[facility_type_id]" id="facility_type_id">
    <option value=1 >Room</option>
    <option value=2 >Equipment</option>
</select>

i want to select one of the above options automatically according to the variable value(before user filling/updating the form the option should be already selected),
As an example i have a data variable(read from the database) and its value is 1 /2 , if its 1 can this “Room” option automatically selected,
I have been trying to use selected=”selected” attribute, but still I couldn’t figure it out how to use it,is their a any other way?

Thank you in advance..

Answer 1

Add selected="selected" to the option you want selected by default. I am assuming you are doing this server side.

<select name="facility_info_input[facility_type_id]" id="facility_type_id">
    <option value="1" >Room</option>
    <option selected="selected" value="2" >Equipment</option>
</select>

Also, you need to enclose your attributes in quotation marks. This may be why your code wasn’t working.

<option value="1" /> //good
<option value=1 /> //bad