Add an item to dropdown list

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December 19th, 2012, 02:55 AM

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Add an item to dropdown list

Hello, I have a while lopp generated dropdown list, and I would like to add "Select" at the top, so as soon as they see the list the first option is Select, not the items inside the list.

Here is my dropdown menu:

PHP Code:


		
			
<select id="select2" name="select2">

<?php

$ids = 0;

while($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($run)) {

    echo "<option value=$ids>".$rows['Short']."</option>";

    $ids++;

}

?>

</select>

December 19th, 2012, 03:40 AM

Jacques1

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Hi,

so the first item should be selected? Isn't that the default behaviour?

If it isn't, just check the counter:

PHP Code:


		
			
if ($ids == 0)

    ...

December 19th, 2012, 03:54 AM

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Yes it is selected, but I would like to add 1 predefined option in there called "select", and then continue with displaying other items..

December 19th, 2012, 04:00 AM

Jacques1

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Well, I don't know where this name "select" appears. But it works just like I said above: if the current element has that name, you add

Code:

selected="selected"

to the option tag.

December 19th, 2012, 04:04 AM

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You know...

There are items inside my dropdown menu:

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
......

And they are generated by the while loop:

PHP Code:


		
			
<select id="select2" name="select2">

<?php

$ids = 0;

while($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($run)) {

    echo "<option value=$ids>".$rows['Short']."</option>";

    $ids++;

}

?>

</select>

Now as soon as user comes to the website they see Item 1 in dropdown menu. I want to add one more "item" called Select or Select item to this dropdown menu.. hope this is clear

December 19th, 2012, 04:08 AM

Jacques1

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Sorry, I misunderstood you.

In this case simply echo that option above the loop:

PHP Code:


		
			
echo "<option value="0" selected="selected">Select</option>";

(Make sure you don't accept this option as a valid selection.)

December 19th, 2012, 04:11 AM

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No problem, you are helping me

Thanks, this solved my problem

Add an item to dropdown list

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