Question

I have one form that is used for adding and editing. My goal here is to on the add form have it pre-select the count(items)+1 value. On the edit form I need it to pre-select the value from the database when it it matches the increment of the for loop. Right now the $selected value isn’t working and I”m not sure how to implement the part for the add form. Any ideas?

<?php for($x = 1; $x <= count($items)+1; $x++)
{
    if (isset($item_data))
    {
        $selected = $item_data->item_sort_order === $x ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
    }
    echo '<option value="'.$x.'"';
    if (isset($selected)) { echo $selected; }
    echo '>'.$x.'</option>';
}
?>

Answer 1

I think you need to reset the $selected variable each time. Once its set, then it remains so. Try this:

for($x = 1; $x <= count($items) + 1; $x++) {
    echo '<option value="' . $x . '"';
   if ((isset($item_data) && $item_data->item_sort_order === $x)
       echo ' selected="selected";
   echo '>' . $x . '</option>';
}

EDIT:

for($x = 1; $x <= count($items) + 1; $x++) {
    echo '<option value="' . $x . '"';
   if ((isset($item_data) && (int)$item_data->item_sort_order == $x)
       echo ' selected="selected";
   echo '>' . $x . '</option>';
}