Question

I have a html form. Following is my html code.

How do i selected civil status if user forgot to put other field information.

Ex: user select civil status, put first name but forgot to put last name. Then It’s show a error message “Please select your last name”. But when it’s show the error message then selected item is empty. How do i selected the civil item with php.

<tr>
   <td width="400">Status</td>
   <td>
      <select name="civil_status">
         <option value="">Select..</option>
         <option value="mr.">Mr.</option>
         <option value="mrs.">Mrs.</option>
         <option value="miss">Miss</option>
      </select>
   </td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td>Last Name</td>
   <td><input type="text" name="l_name" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['l_name'])) echo 
         $_POST['l_name']; ?>" class="tr2" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td>First Name</td>
   <td><input type="text" name="f_name" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['f_name'])) echo 
         $_POST['f_name']; ?>" class="tr2" /></td>
</tr>

Answer 1

I would do:

<select name="civil_status">
<option value="">Select..</option>

<?php

$options = array('mr.' => 'Mr.', 'mrs.' => 'Mrs.', 'miss' => 'Miss');

foreach($options as $key => $value){

    if($_POST['civil_status'] == $key){
        echo '<option value="'.$key.'" selected="selected">'.$value.'</option>';
    }else{
        echo '<option value="'.$key.'">'.$value.'</option>';
    }

}

?>

</select>