How to set the value in the drop down list coming from database

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I have 10 items in the drop down list.
During saving a task one of the option is selected in stored in the database.

When we open the project again, then we need to see the saved option in the drop down list. i.e the saved options would be seen along with all the other 9 options and the saved one in the database would be the selected one.

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function priorityList() {
global $form_priority;
echo "<select name=\"priority_edit\" id=\"priority_edit\" class=\"select-list\">";
if ("1"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1' Selected>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else if("2"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2' Selected>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else if("3"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3' Selected>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else if("4"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4' Selected>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else{
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5' Selected>5</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
}

Posted 20-Oct-14 2:31am

raghunath sahoo

Updated 20-Oct-14 3:06am

Leo Chapiro

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Prava-MFS 20-Oct-14 8:51am

Have you tried anything till now? If yes, please provide the code snippet.

raghunath sahoo 20-Oct-14 9:04am

Ya will provide a dummy code snippet,
function priorityList() {
global $form_priority;
echo "<select name=\"priority_edit\" id=\"priority_edit\" class=\"select-list\">";
if ("1"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1' Selected>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else if("2"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2' Selected>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else if("3"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3' Selected>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else if("4"== $form_priority) {
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4' Selected>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5'>5</option>";
} else{
echo "<option value='1'>1</option>";
echo "<option value='2'>2</option>";
echo "<option value='3'>3</option>";
echo "<option value='4'>4</option>";
echo "<option value='5' Selected>5</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
}

here i get the desired result, but it gets lengthy if the options are large.

Sinisa Hajnal 20-Oct-14 9:25am

I don't know PHP, but you can optimize by asking in each option which is form_priority and echoing selected or not...

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Prava-MFS · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-20T03:39:00

PHP

function priorityList($dataArr) {
    global $form_priority;
    echo '<select name="priority_edit" id="priority_edit" class="select-list">';
    
    foreach ($dataArr as $key => $val) {
        $selected = ($form_priority == $key) ? 'selected' : '';
        
        echo '<option value="' . $key . '">' . $val . '</option>';
    }
    
    echo "</select>";
}
?>

Here I believe $dataArr contains the resultant DB data array.

Thanks and hope this one will help you :).