<select name=example> <option value='$id'>$name</option> or: option value='$id'>$id - $option</option> as you can see: the value is what you give back to the $_POST, and wat is between <option></option> really doesn't matter, it's just what you see... so you can put anything between it... is this what you mean? -----Original Message----- From: Jason End [mailto:bensnephew@yahoo.com] Sent: maandag 7 april 2003 9:27 To: php-bb Subject: Conditional default value of drop-down list Is it possible to create a drop-down list where the initial value displayed depends on a variable. Say I have a table called "categories" with columns "id" and "descr". Currently I populate the list with a query: $query = "SELECT descr from categories"; How could I make the default value of the list be conditional on the categories id? So if the variable categories id is "3", the initial value shown in that drop down menu will be the description of the category with id 3. Does this make sense? thanks, J __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
