Question

I have a simple html dropdown box

<select class="dr_down">
<option>item1</option>
<option>item2</option>
<option>item3 etc...</option>
</select>

What I need to do is show the selected item when the form is edited instead of it defaulting back to the top of the list.

Answer 1

If you have some array with values and have selected values you should to use something like this

<select>
<?php foreach( $yourData as $id => $name ):?>
  <option <?php echo $id === $yourCurretID ? "selected='selected'" : ''?> ><?php echo $name?></option>
<?php endforeach;?>
</select>