How to echo selected in options list looping? - php

Question

I want to presist (=keep values if error on form) my values from a dropdown menu , this is what i started with :
...
$priorities = array('low','normal','high');
...
<select name="priority" id="priority">
<?php
foreach ($priorities as $pro){
echo '<option value="'.$pro.'">'.$pro.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
It does the job but does not presist.
Now i want to get to something like this :
<select name="priority" id="priority">
<?php
$tel = 0;
foreach ($priorities as $pro){
echo '<option value="'.$tel.'"'.htmlentities('<?php if (isset($_POST[\'priority\']) && (int) $_POST[\'priority\'] === tel) { echo \'selected="selected"\'; } ?>').' >'.$pro.'</option>';
$tel++;
}
?>
</select>
But that of course gives an error.
Anyone has any suggestions thx

Answer 1

Here's how I often implement this:
<select name="priority" id="priority">
<?php
foreach ($priorities as $pro)
{
$selected = (isset($_POST['priorities']) && $pro == $_POST['priority']) ? 'selected' : '';
echo '<option value="' . $pro . '" '.$selected.'>' . $pro . '</option>';
}
?>
</select>
Just thought I'd point out you can actually shorten the ternary here like so
<select name="priority" id="priority">
<?php
foreach ($priorities as $pro)
{
$selected = ($pro == #$_POST['priority']) ? 'selected' : '';
echo '<option value="' . $pro . '" '.$selected.'>' . $pro . '</option>';
}
?>
</select>
Sorry I've got a bit of a thing for creating the shortest code possible :)

Answer 2

Change the second part of the code to:
<select name="priority" id="priority">
<?php
foreach ($priorities as $pro) {
if (isset($_POST['priority']) && $_POST['priority'] == $pro) {
$selected = 'selected="selected"';
}
else {
$selected = null;
}
echo '<option value="'.$pro.'" '.$selected.'>'.$pro.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>

Answer 3

Try this
<select name="priority" id="priority">
<?php
$tel = 0;
foreach ($priorities as $pro){
echo '<option value="'
.$tel
.'"'
.(isset($_POST['priority']) && (int)$_POST['priority'] === $tel)?'selected="selected"':''
.' >'
.$pro
.'</option>';
$tel++;
}
?>
</select>

Answer 4

$priority= array (1=>"low","normal","high");
$select = "<select name=\"priority\"> ;
foreach ($priority as $key => $val) {
$select .= "\t<option val=\"".$key."\"";
if ($val == $yourcheckedvariable) {
$select .= " selected=\"selected\">".$val."</option>\n";
} else {
$select .= ">".$val."</option>\n";
}
}
$select .= "</select>";
echo $select;
use this code