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PHP – PRE-select drop down option

I have a situation in my php project where a user can edit his account.

In editing, there is a city field which is a drop down list of cities.

I want to already select one city which is in profile before editing(the one which user enter at the time of registration).

Also he is able to change his city by choosing fron drop down list.

Html code:

<div class="search_bar1_txt">State:</div>
<div class="search_bar1">
<select class="styled" name="state_trainer">
 <option>-select-</option>
 <option>washington</option>
 <option>perth</option>
 <option>delhi</option>
 <option>london</option>
 </select></div>
</div>

on editing I am using this code to fetch current data(city) of user:

<?php
if(isset($_GET['userid']))
{
$sql = "select city from `wp_pelleresuser` where userId =".$_GET['userid'];
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$value = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
}?>

please tell me how can I get already selected one option which is fetch from database.

And also it is changeable.

Answer 1

You can do it in a number of ways, the simplest (and probably least elegant) is to do something like this:

<select class="styled" name="state_trainer">
<?php
$myCity='london'; // assumed to be data from database...
echo '<option'.($myCity=='-select-') ? ' selected ' : ' ' .'-select-</option>';
echo '<option'.($myCity=='washington') ? ' selected ' : ' ' .'washington</option>';
?>

This is of course horrid.

I would rather suggest that you check the data as you are pulling your information out of the database and putting your initial dropdown list together.

If you are making an array of data to create the drop down list (for example) check it right there and then. If the city matches what you want, do it inside your loop right off the bat.

$usersCity="london";
$myCityList=array();

while( ... ) // Database loop that is pulling the data from the database.
{
    $selected='';
    if($userCity==$row['city'])
    {
        $selected=' selected ';
    }
    $myCityList[]='<option'.$selected.'>'.$row['city'].'</option>';
}

Then to display the drop down list, you can simply do this:

$cityCount=count($myCityList);
for($i=0;$i<$cityCount;$i++)
{
    echo $myCityList[$i].'\n';
}

The users city will already be selected.