php in select>options

[richr]

Hello,

 

I'm just learning php (by force), but am pretty well versed in html and css. I did not rite the following code and I'm not sure how to pull out the php in the following in order to make the page validate.

 

<tr>

<td width="15%"><b><b>Priority</b></td>

<td>

<select name="priority" size="1" value="priority">

<option value=""

<?php if ($row['priority'] == "") echo " selected";?>

></option>

<option value="Normal"

<?php if ($row['priority'] == "Normal") echo " selected";?>

>Normal</option>

<option value="Elevated"

<?php if ($row['priority'] == "Elevated") echo " selected";?>

>Elevated</option>

<option value="STAT"

<?php if ($row['priority'] == "STAT") echo " selected";?>

>STAT</option>

</select>

</td>

</tr>

 

The idea is to prefetch the "priority" info and populate the drop down with that. Afterwards, the user can change the value and once submitted, the value will change in the database. Any pointers would be appreciated - and thanks in advance.

 

Rich

[Muddy_Funster]

is that from within a WHILE loop?

[richr]

yes, I believe so

[WebStyles]

you could do something like this:

 

<?php
$priorityList = array("","Normal","Elevated","STAT");
echo '<select name="priority" size="1" value="priority">';
foreach($priorityList as $p){
echo '<option value="'. $p .'"';
if($row['priority'] == $p) echo ' selected';
echo '></option>';
}
echo '</select>';
?>

[Muddy_Funster]

The only issue I can see that could apply to validation is, that as far as I know, you should be echoing 'selected="selected"' rather than just echoing 'selected'.