Question

How to set selected=”selected” for the saved option array below. Thanks !

e.g

<option value="Facebook">Facebook</option>
<option value="Twitter" selected="selected">Twitter</option>



<select name="'. $id .'['.$order.'][url]" id="'. $id .'['.$order.'][url]">

                $socialicons =  array ('facebook' => 'Facebook', 'twitter' => 'Twitter');

                foreach ($socialicons as $socialicon) {


             <option value="'.$socialicon.'" />'.$socialicon.'</option>

                }

             </select>

Answer 1

You will have the sent value in your POST array at $_POST[$id][$order]['url'] I think. Then it’s just a matter of comparing the sent value with the current value in the loop:

foreach ($socialicons as $socialicon)  {
    $selected = '';
    if ($socialicon == $_POST[$id][$order]['url']) {
        $selected = 'selected="selected"';
    echo '<option value="'.$socialicon.'" '.$selected.' />'.$socialicon.'</option>';
}

I am not totally sure about the $_POST array, so you might have to tweak around with that or search for how multidimensional $_POST is accessed.

If you save the selection somewhere else, e.g. in a database, you can compare it with the value from there.