How To Dropdown Select using PHP/MYSQL - php

Question

i have this function for print categories in dropdown menu.
function Cat_Parent(){
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name, parent FROM cats ORDER BY name");
$items = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{ $items[] = array('id' => $row['id'], 'label' => $row['name'], 'parent' => $row['parent']);
}
// Loop using references to build a tree
$childs = array();
foreach($items as &$item)
{
$childs[$item['parent']][] = &$item;
}
unset($item);
foreach($items as &$item)
{
if(isset($childs[$item['id']]))
{
$item['children'] = $childs[$item['id']];
}
}
// We now have a tree with 'children' key set on each node that has children
$tree = $childs[0];
// Prepare a template and recursive closure (note reference on &$print)
$tpl = '<option name="parent[]" value="%s">%s %s</option>';
$print = function($item, $indent = '') use (&$print, $tpl)
{
echo sprintf($tpl, $item['id'], $indent, $item['label']) . "\n";
if(isset($item['children']))
{
foreach($item['children'] as $child)
{
$print($child, $indent . '|--');
}
}
};
echo '<select name="parent"><option name="parent[]" value="0">------</option>';
// Call the function for each top-level node
foreach($tree as $row)
{
$print($row);
}
echo '</select>';
}
this worked but i need to selected value/id when$_GET['id'] = value Like This:
<select>
<option value="1">cat1</option>
<option selected value="2">cat2</option> <-- THIS Print Selected
<option value="3">subcat2</option>
<option value="4">cat3</option>
<option value="5">cat4</option>
</select>
in example $_GET['id'] = 2 , so selected option with value 2. how to select this?

Answer 1

Try this code in your script. Defines a variable with "selected" value if the value from GET is the same as the option value.
Notice the $sel variable.
// Prepare a template and recursive closure (note reference on &$print)
$tpl = '<option name="parent[]"%s value="%s">%s %s</option>';
$print = function($item, $indent = '') use (&$print, $tpl)
{
$sel = (isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == $item['id']) ? 'selected' : ' ';
echo sprintf($tpl, $sel, $item['id'], $indent, $item['label']) . "\n";
if(isset($item['children']))
{
foreach($item['children'] as $child)
{
$print($child, $indent . '|--');
}
}
};

Answer 2

You're going to want to compare your values in the template like so:
$tpl = '<option name="parent[]" %s value="%s">%s %s</option>';
$print = function($item, $indent = '') use (&$print, $tpl)
{
echo sprintf($tpl, $item['id'] == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '', $item['id'], $indent, $item['label']) . "\n";
if(isset($item['children']))
{
foreach($item['children'] as $child)
{
$print($child, $indent . '|--');
}
}
};