Question

I am new to php, i created drop down which calling data from mysql data base, user selects option and its save to data base.

Problem Arises in edit form in which its do not showing selected value.

Drop Down code is below:

$query = 'SELECT name FROM owner';
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ('Error in query: $query. ' . mysql_error());

//create selection list
echo "<select name='owner'>\name";
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
    $heading = $row[0];
    echo "<option value='$heading'>$heading\n";
}
echo "</select>"

Please advise solution for the edit form.

Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

$query = 'SELECT name FROM owner';
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ('Error in query: $query. ' . mysql_error());

//create selection list
echo "<select name='owner'>\name";
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
    $heading = $row[0];
?>
    <option <?php if($heading=="SOMETHING") { echo "selected='selected'"; } ?> value="SOMETHING">SOMETHING</option>
<option <?php if($heading=="SOMETHING2") { echo "selected='selected'"; } ?> value="SOMETHING2">SOMETHING2</option>
<option <?php if($heading=="SOMETHING3") { echo "selected='selected'"; } ?> value="SOMETHING3">SOMETHING3</option>
<?php
}
echo "</select>"