Make an option of a dynamic dropdown selected

Question

Hi,

I have a form that queries a record from the database to fill the values. I do that by using a token in the url. Also I use dynamic dropdowns / selectboxes, that are filled with data from an other table.

Is it possible to set an option of that select box to selected? So according to the value in the database record?

Thanks, Aron.

alinden · Accepted Answer

I already succeeded. I found the solution on:
http://greyhead.net/chronoforms/using-php-to-create-select-dropdowns

here the code I used (in a custom element):

<?php
$options = array();
$options[] = "<option value=''>--?--</option>";
$db =& JFactory::getDBO();
$query = "
  SELECT `id`, `naam`
    FROM `0rnbi_instroom`
      ORDER BY `naam`;
";
$db->setQuery($query);
$data = $db->loadObjectList();
foreach ( $data as $d ) {
  $selected = '';
 if ( isset($form->data['locatieId']) && $form->data['locatieId'] == $d->id ) {
    $selected = "selected='selected'"; 
  }
  $options[] = "<option value='{$d->id}' $selected >{$d->naam}</option>";
}
?>
<select class="" id="locatieId" size="1" name="locatieId">
<?php echo implode("\n", $options); ?>
</select>

Make an option of a dynamic dropdown selected

Set a dynamic dropdown option as selected based on database values.

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