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keep selected combobox

often you need to "remember" what a user inputs in a form.
that's not a problem with textfields, but with selectboxes it's a bit harder...

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1	<?
2	// you need the values of your combobox in an array
3	$values = array('us','de','uk','fr','xx');
4	echo '
5	<form method="post" action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'">
6	<select name="country">';
7	for($x = 0; $x < count($values); $x++)
8	{
9	// write "selected" if the value matches the one posted
10	if($values[$x] == $_POST['country'])
11	{
12	$selected = ' selected';
13	}else{
14	$selected = '';
15	}
16	// print the option
17	echo '
18	<option value="'.$values[$x].'"'.$selected.'>'.$values[$x].'</option>';
19	}
20	echo '
21	</select>
22	<input type="submit" value="check it out">
23	</form>';
24	?>

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