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

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Is there any way to set the selected item in a drop down box using the following  type  code    lt select selected   lt  php print  row month      gt   gt  lt option value  Janurary  gt January lt  option gt  lt option value  February  gt February lt  option gt  lt option value  March  gt March lt  option gt  lt option value  April  gt April lt  option gt  lt  select gt    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

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This is the solution that I came up with      lt form method  post  action   lt  php echo   SERVER  PHP SELF      gt   gt          lt select name  select month  gt           lt  php             if  isset   POST  select month                       if   POST  select month       January                        echo   lt option value  January  selected  selected  gt January lt  option gt  lt option value  February  gt February lt  option gt                                      elseif   POST  select month       February                        echo   lt option value  January  gt January lt  option gt  lt option value  February  selected  selected  gt February lt  option gt                                                else                  echo   lt option value  January  gt January lt  option gt  lt option value  February  gt February lt  option gt                            gt       lt  select gt       lt input name  submit button  type  submit  value  Search Month  gt   lt  form gt

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The easiest solution for the selected option in dropdown using PHP is following  lt select class  quot form-control quot  name  quot currency selling quot  required  gt            lt option value  quot  quot  gt Select Currency lt  option gt            lt option value  quot pkr quot   lt    selected currency     pkr      selected  quot selected quot          gt   gt PKR lt  option gt         lt option value  quot dollar quot    lt    selected currency     dollar      selected  quot selected quot          gt   gt USD lt  option gt         lt option value  quot pounds quot    lt    selected currency     pounds      selected  quot selected quot          gt   gt POUNDS lt  option gt         lt option value  quot dirham quot    lt    selected currency     dirham      selected  quot selected quot          gt   gt DRHM lt  option gt         lt  select gt

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Simple way   lt select class   dropdownstyle  name  category  selected   lt  php print  messageeditdetails 0   category id       gt   gt    lt option value    gt  lt  php echo  Select     gt  lt  option gt    lt  php  foreach   dropdowndetails as  dropdowndetails      gt       lt option  lt  php if  messageeditdetails 0   category id       dropdowndetails  id        gt  selected   lt  php echo  dropdowndetails  id      gt    lt  php     gt  value   lt  php echo  dropdowndetails  id      gt   gt  lt  php echo  dropdowndetails  category name      gt  lt  option gt   lt  php     gt   lt  select gt

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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   lt option value     row  id        selected    gt    row  username         row  fname       substr  row  lname   0 1      lt  option gt       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

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Check this    lt select class  form-control  id  department  name  department  type  text  gt       lt option value  medical-furniture   if  list- gt department     medical-furniture   selected  endif gt Medical furniture lt  option gt       lt option value  medical-table   if  list- gt department     medical-table   selected  endif gt Medical table lt  option gt       lt option value  service   if  list- gt department     service   selected  endif gt Service lt  option gt   lt  select gt

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A Simple Solution  It work s for me   lt div class  form-group  gt       lt label for  mcategory  gt Select Category lt  label gt       lt select class  form-control  id  mcategory  name  mcategory  required gt           lt option value    gt Please select category lt  option gt           lt  php foreach   result cat as  result     gt           lt option value   lt  php echo  result  name     gt   lt  php             if  result  name     mcategory                  echo  selected                  gt  gt  lt  php echo  result  name      gt  lt  option gt                                                     lt  php endforeach    gt       lt  select gt   lt  div gt

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You need to set the selected attribute of the correct option tag    lt option value  January  selected  selected  gt January lt  option gt    Your PHP would look something like this    lt option value  January  lt    row  month       January      selected  selected          gt  gt January lt  option gt    I usually find it neater to create an array of values and loop through that to create a dropdown

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My suggestion is to leverage the hidden collapse attribute  Try with this example    lt select gt       lt option value  echo  row month   selected disabled hidden gt  lt   echo  row month    gt  lt  option gt       lt option value  1  gt Jan lt  option gt       lt option value  2  gt Feb lt  option gt       lt option value  3  gt Mar lt  option gt   lt  select gt    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

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You can try this after select tag    lt option value  yes  selected gt yes lt  option gt   lt option value  no  gt no lt  option gt

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Simple and easy to understand example by using ternary operators to set selected value in php   lt  php  plan   array  1    gt   Green   2   gt  Red       gt   lt select class  form-control  title  Choose Plan  gt   lt  php foreach   plan as  id  gt   value      gt     lt option value   lt  php echo  id   gt    lt  php echo   id     2       selected  selected          gt  gt  lt  php echo  value   gt  lt  option gt   lt  php     gt   lt  select gt

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You mark the selected item on the  lt option gt  tag  not the  lt select gt  tag   So your code should read something like this    lt select gt       lt option value  January  lt  php if   row month      January   echo   selected  selected      gt  gt January lt  option gt       lt option value  February  lt  php if   row month      February   echo   selected  selected      gt  gt February lt  option gt                       lt option value  December  lt  php if   row month      December   echo   selected  selected      gt  gt December lt  option gt   lt  select gt    You can make this less repetitive by putting all the month names in an array and using a basic foreach over them

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If you have a big drop down  it s much easier to use jQuery with PHP  This is how to do it   lt script gt    document  ready function             select name  quot country quot     val   lt    data 0   Country    gt          lt  script gt

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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   lt option  lt  php selectdCheck  row month  january     gt  value  january  gt january lt  option gt       I hope this function help others

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

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