Select box value

Hello,

I have got a select box for a search page and value is coming from database. When i submit the query the value for the select box resets itself to alfabetic order for the next search.

What can i do to keep the value which was choosen.

<select name="genre">
	<?=$cats_form?> 
  </select>

Code (markup):

Thanks

 

Hello,

You will need to set the SELECTED property of the <option> tag that you require to be selected.

Jay

 

I do not think i can do that, because values are coming from database.

 

if (isset($valuefromdb)) {
  echo "<option selected value=\"$valuefromdb\">";
  echo "<your other options>";
} else {
  echo "<all of your options>";
}

Code (markup):

 

you can try something like this;

$cats_form = str_replace('<option value="'.$_REQUEST['genre'].'">', '<option value="'.$_REQUEST['genre'].'" selected>', $cats_form);

<select name="genre">
<?=$cats_form?>
</select>

This should work... however, you will need to replace this $_REQUEST['genre'] with some other variable or may be need to use this as it is, it depends on your data flow..

 

Waww, thank you very much. it worked perfect..