PHP-html select form not working as hoped...?

Dave · 09-13-2009, 02:16 AM

Good evening, everyone --

The following code is supposed to generate an html select form with a dropdown list of months, with the CURRENT MONTH pre-selected.

The dropdown list works, but the current month is not pre-selected as the default.

I've spent a lot of time on this, but have been unsuccessful. Thanks for taking a look!

-- Dave

PHP Code:


			
$arr_month = array(  1 =>  "January" 

                   , 2 =>  "February"

                   , 3 =>  "March"

                   , 4 =>  "April"

                   , 5 =>  "May"

                   , 6 =>  "June"

                   , 7 =>  "July"

                   , 8 =>  "August"

                   , 9 =>  "September"

                   , 10 => "October"

                   , 11 => "November"

                   , 12 => "December"

                  ) ;



$today = date( "M-d-y", time() ) ;

echo "<div style = 'text-align: center'>\n" ;

echo "<h3>Today is $today</h3><hr>\n" ;



// create form containing date selection list 



echo "<form action = 'processform.php'

            method = 'POST'>\n" ;



$todaymo = date( "n", time() ) ;



echo $todaymo . "<br />" ;



echo "<label for 'datemo'></label>

      <select name = 'datemo' id = 'datemo'> \n" ; 

      

for ( $n = 1 ; $n <= 12 ; $n++ )

{

    echo "<option value = $n" ;

    if ( $todaymo == $n )

    {

        echo " selected" ;

    }

    echo "> $arr_month[$n] \n" ;

}

echo "</select>" ;

Dave · 09-13-2009, 04:20 AM

Ahh...actually, I think it is working, at least when the page loads from scratch.

If I then select a month from the dropdown list and refresh the browser (not total reload), the month designation is not returned to the selected month -- it just stays at whatever state I left it.

Aww, nice...how come? I thought refreshing completely re-ran the code.

Thanks again.

Dave

Village Idiot · 09-14-2009, 08:40 PM

It does, but most browsers will ignore form differences when a page is refreshed. What you can do is have javascript select the current month when the page loads.

Dave · 09-15-2009, 03:52 AM

Thanks! This is good to learn.

Let me ask, why would the form differences be ignored? Is it for the sake of faster reloading?