Question

I have select option in my page or drop down list,my problem is how can i set value
in my select option and this value is from the database,

here is my code.

  <select name="status" value="<?php echo $status; ?>" >

    <option value=""></option>
    <option value="public">public</option>
    <option value="private">private</option>
  </select>

on top of my html tag

   if(isset($_GET['status']))
    {
         $status = $_GET['status'];
     $sstatus="select .......";


   foreach($db->query($sstatus) as $rows)
    {
      $status= $rows['status'];
      ......
              ......
              ......
         }
   }

I tried modify my code and it’s seems working but my problem is that it has 2 same
value in the drop down list.

   <select name="status" >

    <option selected="selected"><?php echo $status; ?></option>
    <option value="public">public</option>
    <option value="private">private</option>
  </select>

it will show like this in my drop down list,my question for this is this is the right way
in displaying the values that comes from the database.

public
public
private

Answer 1

<select name="status" >
    <option value=""></option>
    <option value="public"<?php if (isset($status) && $status === 'public') echo 'selected'; ?>>public</option>
    <option value="private"<?php if (isset($status) && $status === 'private') echo 'selected'; ?>>private</option>
 </select>