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RETAINING THE VALUE OF A PULL DOWN LIST AFTER A FORM IS RE- SENT - Dec 27th, 2022


Here's what I've used for a single value list field:

<select name="venue_parking" >
<option value"" <?php if($_REQUEST['venue_parking'] == ""){echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?> >Select </option>
<option value"Street" <?php if($_REQUEST['venue_parking'] == "Street"){echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>
>Street</option>
<option value"On Site Free" <?php if($_REQUEST['venue_parking'] == "On Site Free"){echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?> >On
Site Free</option>
<option value"On Site Paid" <?php if($_REQUEST['venue_parking'] == "On Site Paid"){echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?> >On
Site Paid</option>
</select>

And here's what was suggested for a multi value list field (never tested):

<select name="foo[]" multiple="multiple" size="3">
<option value="" <?php if(isset($_POST['foo'])) { foreach($_REQUEST['foo'] as $tmp) { if($tmp == "") { echo
"selected=\"selected\""; break; }}}?>>Please Select One Or More Values</option>
<option value="bar" <?php if(isset($_POST['foo'])) { foreach($_REQUEST['foo'] as $tmp) { if($tmp == "bar") { echo
"selected=\"selected\""; break; }}}?>>bar</option>
<option value="hello" <?php if(isset($_POST['foo'])) { foreach($_REQUEST['foo'] as $tmp) { if($tmp == "hello") {
echo "selected=\"selected\""; break; }}}?>>hello</option>
<option value="world" <?php if(isset($_POST['foo'])) { foreach$_REQUEST['foo'] as $tmp) { if($tmp == "world") {
echo "selected=\"selected\""; break; }}}?>>world</option>

</select>

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