Form Select Menu Question

Okay, I've got this down pat, when the information (options) are coming from a database...

but how do I go about it, when the information isn't coming from the db.

with a text area, we put <?php echo $fieldsname; ?>

this places the entered value backinto the field, if there's an error.

what about select menus?

or do we need to generate the select menu via php?

Somewhere near the top of your page before this select put

if (!isset($city)) $city = "ZZ";

<select name=city>
<option <?php if ($city == "ZZ") print "selected"; ?>>Select a City
<option <?php if ($city == "Los Angeles") print "selected"; ?>>Los Angeles
<option <?php if ($city == "Miami") print "selected"; ?>>Miami
<option <?php if ($city == "New York") print "selected"; ?>>New York
<option <?php if ($city == "Chicago") print "selected"; ?>>Chicago
</select>

Louie,
Thanks for the reply, I figured out what I needed to do, and just finished it up...

I opted for a for loop, to loop through all the options, (states/provinces) so there was more than 70 choices.



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