assign selected option value from database

Question

I have a form which contains a dropdown list of countries generated from database. The values are stored in database. There is an option in which user can view or update the val

Answer 1

$selected = $list["country_country_name"];

 <tr><td>Country</td>
 <td>
 <select onchange="getCountry(this.value);" name="country" id="country" >
 <?php  foreach( $query as $qry ) { 
    $sel = '';
   if( $qry["country_country_name"] == $selected ) 
    $sel = 'selected="selected"';           

    echo '<option value="'.$qry["country_country_name"].'" '.$sel.'>'.$qry["country_country_name"].'</option>'."\n";
    } ?>
    </select>
    <?php echo form_error('country'); ?>
    </td>
 </tr>

Answer 2

<select id="list" name="list">
    <option value=""> Please Select </option>
    <?
        $list = array('1',
                        '2',
                        '3',
                        '4',
                        '5',
                        '6');

        while ($L = array_shift($list)) {
            ?>
                <option value="<?=$L?>" <? if($selected == $L){ echo 'selected="selected"'; }?> > 
                    <?= $L ?> 
                </option> 
            <?
         }
    ?>
</select>

you can simple get the selected option with this:

$("#list").val();

try please.

Answer 3

When your option tag's value attribute contains the same value as the option's text, the value attribute is not necessary -- so omit it.

Below shows an inline condition statement.

<tr>
    <td>Country</td>
    <td><select onchange="getCountry(this.value);" name="country" id="country">
        <?php
        foreach ($query as $row) { 
            echo "<option" ,
                ($row["country_country_name"] == $list['country_country_name'] ? ' selected' : '') ,
                "{$row['country_country_name']}</option>\n";
        }
        ?>
    </select></td>
</tr>