How to echo selected country?

How to echo selected country from the table in a combobox. the combobox is having list of many country.

eg.

<select>
<option>country1</option>
<option>country2</option>
<option>country3</option>
</select>


if in table, country2 is stored . Then how to echo country2 as default selected?

 

<select>
<option>country1</option>
<option selected="selected">country2</option>
<option>country3</option>
<option>country4</option>
</select>

Hope this helps.

 

Heres a little example I whipped to demonstrate how to do this.

<select name="country">
<?php
echo ($row['country'] == 'england') ? '<option value="england" selected="selected">England</option>' : '<option value="england">England</option>';
?>
<option value="ireland">Ireland</option>
</select>

PHP:

You can either do so using ternary (like the above) or using if statement/s.

 

I can do it by:

<select>
<option <? if($row[country]=="country1" echo "selected"; ?>>country1</option>
<option <? if($row[country]=="country2" echo "selected"; ?>>country2</option>
<option <? if($row[country]=="country3" echo "selected"; ?>>country3</option>
</select>

Is there any other shortcut. Coz if there is 500 country i have to echo it for 500 times. I think this is not good tecknique

 

You can store all the country names in a database or an array and then simply loop through all of them. That way you only have to write the code once.

 

Ya database can be good solution.
Thank u

 

Hi! Try This Method. Script Not Tested.

<?php

$countries = '
<select>
<option>country1</option>
<option>country2</option>
<option>country3</option>
<option>country4</option>
</select>
';

$row = $row["country"];

print str_replace(">".$row, " selected='selected'>".$row, $countries);

?>