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Reputation: 47

HTML select option set selected default echo get value php

I have a simple HTML form with a simple select like this

<select name="myselect"  selected="<?php echo $_GET['brand'];?>">

<option value="" <?php if($brand== "") echo "selected"; ?>>all brands</option>
<option value="samsung" <?php if($brand== "samsung") echo "selected"; ?>>Samsung</option>
<option value="motorola" <?php if($brand== "motorola") echo "selected"; ?>>Motorola</option>

</select>

What I am trying to do is because its a search filtering results form if the user choose Samsung as default brand to search next page with filteres search results will the select option default selected Samsung and no other. If user select to search Motorola then the selected option default will be Motorola.

How do I fix this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 30594

Answers (3)

Mishen Daishika
Mishen Daishika

Reputation: 76

<?php $selected_brand = $_GET['brand'];

$temp_str = '';
$temp_str .= '<select name="myselect">';

$brands_array = array("all" => "all brands", "samsung" => "Samsung", "motorola" => "Motorola");
    foreach ($brands_array as $key => $value) {
        if($key == $selected_brand){
            // For selected option.
            $temp_str .= '<option value="'.$key.'" selected>'.$value.'</option>';
        } else {
            $temp_str .= '<option value="'.$key.'">'.$value.'</option>';
        }
    }

$temp_str .= '</select>';

echo $temp_str; // Select box.
?>

Upvotes: 0

Muhammad Fahad
Muhammad Fahad

Reputation: 1412

This is Simple Example of selected=selected by using foreach loop and ternary operators in php... use can easily understand and customize that code... 

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

Upvotes: 0

Sudhir Bastakoti
Sudhir Bastakoti

Reputation: 100175

selected is attribute of option not select, so remove it from select tag, change to:

<?php $brand = trim( strtolower($_GET['brand']) ); ?>
<select name="myselect">

<option value="" <?php if($brand== "") echo "selected"; ?>>all brands</option>
<option value="samsung" <?php if($brand== "samsung") echo "selected"; ?>>Samsung</option>
<option value="motorola" <?php if($brand== "motorola") echo "selected"; ?>>Motorola</option>

</select>

Upvotes: 6

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