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Getting Selected Option From PHP Select List

Let’s say you have a php select box that is dynamically generated through your php loop. You want to make sure that the selected option is always displayed even after reload.

Here is an example of a basic dynamic list:

<?php

$colors = fetchColors() //return array of colors array ("red","blue","green","purple")
$selected_color = fetSelectedColor(); //returns string of selected color
?>

<select name="selectColor">
  <?php foreach ($colors as $color): ?> <option value="<?php echo $color;?>"> <?php echo $color; ?> </option> <?php endforeach ?>
</select>

However, when the page loads, you cannot tell which color was selected and aren’t sure where to put the html ‘selected’ value because the code simply ran through the colors loop.

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