show <select> option selected

[vinpkl]

hi all

i have two option values "bank" and "paypal" in <select> tag.

i have the selected value getting stored in database.

$mode = $row['mode'];

echo "<select name='mode' id='mode'>"; 
echo "<option "; if($mode=='bank'){echo "selected='selected'";} echo " value='bank'>bank</option>";
echo "<option "; if($mode=='paypal'){echo "selected='selected'";} echo " value='paypal'>paypal</option>";
echo "</select>"; 

now in my modify form i want to show the stored value as automatically selected in <select> option.

means in the form if the customer has choosen "paypal" at the time of filing the form then the value "paypal" should automatically get selected to show the person that he had choosen "paypal" earlier.

dont know whats getting wrong

vineet

[funkdaddy]

That code seems to work for me if I make $mode equal either 'paypal' or 'bank'. Is it not working on your end? You might want to check that $mode is outputting what you expect. You might want to make a function out of it to simplify things if you're going to do something like this a bunch of times:

<?php

function selected($opt1,$opt2) {
    if ($opt1 === $opt2) echo 'selected="selected"';
}

?> 
<select name="mode" id="mode">
    <option value="bank" <?php selected($mode,'bank');?> >bank</option>
    <option value="paypal" <?php selected($mode,'paypal');?> >paypal</option>
</select>

[vinpkl]

hi funkdaddy

the $mode is outputting correct. but its not getting selected in options.

vineet

That code seems to work for me if I make $mode equal either 'paypal' or 'bank'. Is it not working on your end? You might want to check that $mode is outputting what you expect. You might want to make a function out of it to simplify things if you're going to do something like this a bunch of times:

<?php

function selected($opt1,$opt2) {
    if ($opt1 === $opt2) echo 'selected="selected"';
}

?> 
<select name="mode" id="mode">
    <option value="bank" <?php selected($mode,'bank');?> >bank</option>
    <option value="paypal" <?php selected($mode,'paypal');?> >paypal</option>
</select>

[funkdaddy]

There must be something else, if I run your code like this:

<?php

$mode = 'paypal';

echo "<select name='mode' id='mode'>"; 
echo "<option "; if($mode=='bank'){echo "selected='selected'";} echo " value='bank'>bank</option>"; 
echo "<option "; if($mode=='paypal'){echo "selected='selected'";} echo " value='paypal'>paypal</option>"; 
echo "</select>"; 

?>

by itself, it works as described. If you run just this block of code do you get the same result?

[vinpkl]

hi funkdaddy

if i run your code that has $mode ='paypal';

then it works fine as needed. means paypal gets automaticaly selected.

vineet

There must be something else, if I run your code like this:

<?php

$mode = 'paypal';

echo "<select name='mode' id='mode'>"; 
echo "<option "; if($mode=='bank'){echo "selected='selected'";} echo " value='bank'>bank</option>"; 
echo "<option "; if($mode=='paypal'){echo "selected='selected'";} echo " value='paypal'>paypal</option>"; 
echo "</select>"; 

?>

by itself, it works as described. If you run just this block of code do you get the same result?

[guido2004]

Do an echo of $row['mode'] and see what's its value.
If funkdaddy's code works, and yours doesn't, then probably the value of $row['mode'] isn't what you think it is