Question

I have 1 page that displays a form with various dropdowns that are being populated dynamically.

Snippit

 <td valign="top">
                    <select name="status">
                        <option></option>

                        <?php
                            foreach($statuslst as $status){
                                echo '<option value=' . $status[0] . '>' . $status[1] . '</option>';
                            }
                        ?>
                    </select>
                </td>

I have a 2nd page that also displays this form but also the results from the form. the first form is posting to the 2nd and the 2nd is posting to itself.

I want the items chosen in the first form to be selected when posted to the second form.

Can someone steer me in the right direction here?

Thanks,

Jonesy

Answer 1

Taken your form is GET type, you could do something like this on the second page:

<?php
  foreach($statuslst as $status){
    $var = '';
    if($_GET['status'] == $status['0']){$var = ' selected="selected"';}
    echo '<option value="' . $status[0] .'"'. $var .'>' . $status[1] . '</option>';
  }
?>