Remember the last selection on Simple form - php

Question

Is it possible that when
I select something from the list
And I click Go
Browser will remember my last choice from the list
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER ['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="get" name="search_frm" id="serch_frm">
<input name="serchStr" type="text" />
<select name="list">
<option value="">select</option>
<option value="client">table client</option>
<option value="user">table user</option>
</select>
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="go" />
</form>
For example,
if I chose from the list user table
And hit Go
He will remain there

Answer 1

you can use sessions to access some data at a later time on a different script:
session_start();
$_SESSION = $POST['list'];
now the selected item from the list will remain there, as long as the browser is still opened.
if you want to remove the item from the session use:
unset( $_SESSION['list'] );
and remember every time you use sessions you must use at the top of the file (always):
session_start();

Answer 2

In order to make a select "stick" you need to put the word selected inside the <option> tag before the value. In order to do that you’re going to need to dynamically generate the options using a foreach loop. Inside the loop you’re going to look at the $_REQUEST and if it matches the value of what is being iterated in the loop you echo selected.
I’ve done this a dozen or more times and it works perfectly.
<?php
$options = array("select", "client", "user");
?>
Then in the page:
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER ['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="get" name="search_frm" id="serch_frm">
<input name="serchStr" type="text" />
<select name="list">
<?php foreach ($options as $option): ?>
<option <?php if ($_GET['list'] == $option) { echo "selected"; } ?> value="<?php echo $option; ?>"><?php echo $option;?></option>
<?php endforeach ?>
</select>
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="go" />
</form>