Question

I have a dropdown list being dynamically populated from an array but I can’t seem to get the syntax correct so that it displays the selected value after the form is submitted.

This is what I have so far..

<select id="country" name="country">
    <option value="">Please Select</option>
<?php
foreach ($countrylist as $value => $country) {
    echo '<option value="' . $value . '" ' . ($selected == $value ? ' selected' : '') . '>' . $country . '</option>';
} ?>

</select> 

It seems that somewhere along the line I have made a mistake but I can’t seem to work out where.

Answer 1

As you are comparing each $value with $selected, $selected needs to hold the value of the selected option. In this case it is hold in $_POST['country'].