SELECTED in drop down

[basketmen]

Hi guys, i have a drop down code below

<select class="input" name="mod[cpu]">
<option value=""> </option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>

the output are like this

$html .= ($content[cpu] ? '<div class="' . $this->switch_bg() . '"><strong>CPU:</strong> ' . @htmlspecialchars($content[cpu]) . '</div>' : '');

i want after the drop down choosed by user, it will add SELECTED next time they opening the drop down again

i am still dont know how to put the SELECTED there, please help what is the code to add SELECTED, i only have variable mod[cpu] and $content[cpu]


i already tried in bold below, but still not working

<select class="input" name="mod[cpu]" selected="$content[cpu]">
<option value=""> </option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>

please share your knowledge

[penders]

The SELECTED attribute needs to go on whatever OPTION element was previously selected, it doesn't go directly on the SELECT element.

[rocknbil]

To get one thing out of the way: are you using an XHTML doctype or HTML/HTML5?

For HTML, it's

<option value="some-value" selected>

for XHTML, it's

<option value="some-value" selected="selected">

i want after the drop down choosed by user, it will add SELECTED next time they opening the drop down again

You **should** have these select lists generated by a function, but this simple example assumes this form is using POST as a method. I don't use form arrays often, doesn't look like you need them, so to avoid "incorrect code" I'm using a static name. Change the names as needed . . .

$using_xhtml = 0; // because most of us don't need to . .
$selected_syntax=($using_xhtml==1)?' selected="selected"':' selected'; }
$vals = array ('1','2','3','4');

$this_select = '
<select class="input" name="cpu">
<option value=""> </option>
';
foreach ($vals as $val) {
$this_select .= '<option value="' . $val . '"';
if (isset($_POST['cpu']) and ($_POST['cpu']==$val)) { $this_select .= $selected_syntax; }
$this_select .= '>' . $val . '</option>';
}
$this_select .= '</select>';

echo $this_select;

I'd also advise against using selectors that may conflict with the dom, such as input, search, select, display, etc . . . it gets very confusing

.input input {}