Reputation: 26556

How do I set the selected item in a drop down box

Is there any way to set the selected item in a drop down box using the following 'type' code?

<select selected="<?php print($row[month]); ?>"><option value="Janurary">January</option><option value="February">February</option><option value="March">March</option><option value="April">April</option></select>

The database holds a month.. and I want to allow on the edit page, them to choose this month.. but it to be pre-filled with their current setting?

Upvotes: 32

Answers (13)

Muhammad Fahad

Reputation: 1412

Simple and easy to understand example by using ternary operators to set selected value in php

<?php $plan = array('1' => 'Green','2'=>'Red' ); ?>
<select class="form-control" title="Choose Plan">
<?php foreach ($plan as $id => $value) { ?>
  <option value="<?= $id ?>" <?= ($id == 2) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?>>
    <?= htmlspecialchars($value) ?>
  </option>
<?php } ?>
</select>

Upvotes: 6

Hassan Qasim

Reputation: 483

The easiest solution for the selected option in dropdown using PHP is following

<select class="form-control" name="currency_selling" required >
         <option value="">Select Currency</option>
         <option value="pkr" <?=$selected_currency == 'pkr' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?> >PKR</option>
      <option value="dollar"  <?=$selected_currency == 'dollar' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?> >USD</option>
      <option value="pounds"  <?=$selected_currency == 'pounds' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?> >POUNDS</option>
      <option value="dirham"  <?=$selected_currency == 'dirham' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?> >DRHM</option>
      </select>

Upvotes: 0

Malek Tubaisaht

Reputation: 1387

If you have a big drop down. it's much easier to use jQuery with PHP.

This is how to do it:

<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
    $('select[name="country"]').val('<?=$data[0]['Country']?>');
});
</script>

Upvotes: 0

Saghachi

Reputation: 945

My suggestion is to leverage the hidden/collapse attribute. Try with this example:

<select>
    <option value="echo $row[month]" selected disabled hidden><? echo $row[month] ?></option>
    <option value="1">Jan</option>
    <option value="2">Feb</option>
    <option value="3">Mar</option>
</select>

in case of null for $row[month] the selected item is blank and with data, it would contain less codes for many options and always working for HTML5 and bootstrap etc...

Upvotes: 0

Adrian

Reputation: 399

Check this:

<select class="form-control" id="department" name="department" type="text">
    <option value="medical-furniture" @if($list->department == "medical-furniture") selected @endif>Medical furniture</option>
    <option value="medical-table" @if($list->department == "medical-table") selected @endif>Medical table</option>
    <option value="service" @if($list->department == "service") selected @endif>Service</option>
</select>

Upvotes: 0

Sani Kamal

Reputation: 1238

A Simple Solution: It work's for me

<div class="form-group">
    <label for="mcategory">Select Category</label>
    <select class="form-control" id="mcategory" name="mcategory" required>
        <option value="">Please select category</option>
        <?php foreach ($result_cat as $result): ?>
        <option value="<?php echo $result['name'];?>"<?php 
           if($result['name']==$mcategory){
               echo 'selected';
           } ?>><?php echo $result['name']; ?></option>
                                        }
        <?php endforeach; ?>
    </select>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

Priyanka

Reputation: 9

You can try this after select tag:

<option value="yes" selected>yes</option>
<option value="no">no</option>

Upvotes: -5

Zaheer Ahmad

Reputation: 176

Its too old but I have to add my way as well :) because it is generic and useful especially when you are using static dropdown values.

function selectdCheck($value1,$value2)
   {
     if ($value1 == $value2) 
     {
      echo 'selected="selected"';
     } else 
     {
       echo '';
     }
     return;
   }

and in you dropdown options you can use this function like this and you can use this as many as you can because it fits with all of your select boxes/dropdowns

<option <?php selectdCheck($row[month],january); ?> value="january">january</option>

:) I hope this function help others

Upvotes: 2

Sean R

Reputation: 11

This is the solution that I came up with...

<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">   
    <select name="select_month">
        <?php
            if (isset($_POST['select_month'])) {
                if($_POST["select_month"] == "January"){
                    echo '<option value="January" selected="selected">January</option><option value="February">February</option>';
                }
                elseif($_POST["select_month"] == "February"){
                    echo '<option value="January">January</option><option value="February" selected="selected">February</option>';
                }
            }
            else{
                echo '<option value="January">January</option><option value="February">February</option>';
            }
        ?>
    </select>
    <input name="submit_button" type="submit" value="Search Month">
</form>

Upvotes: 1

user2142997

Reputation: 11

Simple way

<select class ="dropdownstyle" name="category" selected="<?php print($messageeditdetails[0]['category_id']); ?>">

<option value=""><?php echo "Select"; ?></option>

<?php  foreach ($dropdowndetails as $dropdowndetails) { ?>
    <option <?php if($messageeditdetails[0]['category_id'] == $dropdowndetails['id']) { ?> selected="<?php echo $dropdowndetails['id']; ?>" <?php } ?> value="<?php echo $dropdowndetails['id']; ?>"><?php echo $dropdowndetails['category_name']; ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>

Upvotes: 1

Frederick Marcoux

Reputation: 2223

You can use this method if you use a MySQL database:

include('sql_connect.php');
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE `id`!='".$user_id."'");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
    if ($_GET['to'] == $row['id'])
    {
        $selected = 'selected="selected"';
    }
    else
    {
    $selected = '';
    }
    echo('<option value="'.$row['id'].' '.$selected.'">'.$row['username'].' ('.$row['fname'].' '.substr($row['lname'],0,1).'.)</option>');
}
mysql_close($con);

It will compare if the user in $_GET['to'] is the same as $row['id'] in table, if yes, the $selected will be created. This was for a private messaging system...

Upvotes: 6

James Wheare

Reputation: 4800

You mark the selected item on the <option> tag, not the <select> tag.

So your code should read something like this:

<select>
    <option value="January"<?php if ($row[month] == 'January') echo ' selected="selected"'; ?>>January</option>
    <option value="February"<?php if ($row[month] == 'February') echo ' selected="selected"'; ?>>February</option>
    ...
    ...
    <option value="December"<?php if ($row[month] == 'December') echo ' selected="selected"'; ?>>December</option>
</select>

You can make this less repetitive by putting all the month names in an array and using a basic foreach over them.

Upvotes: 25

Greg

Reputation: 321578

You need to set the selected attribute of the correct option tag:

<option value="January" selected="selected">January</option>

Your PHP would look something like this:

<option value="January"<?=$row['month'] == 'January' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?>>January</option>

I usually find it neater to create an array of values and loop through that to create a dropdown.

Upvotes: 97

How do I set the selected item in a drop down box

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