I have an html form that I have been using to POST to a php form, this saves the posted data into the database. I am now loading the data back into the form when I click edit, this works fine for the text fields as I can just use
value="<?php echo $somefield ?>"
The problem is im not sure how to re select my dropdown menu. The menu looks like this and is used for selecting a category, but when the page reloads nothing happens and the dropdown isn't reloaded.
<select name="category" id="category">
<option>- Select A Category -</option>
<optgroup label="Tractors">
<option value="Tractor">Tractor</option>
<option value="Compact">Compact</option>
<option value="Forklift">Forklift</option>
<option value="Load All">Load All</option>
<option value="Loader">Loader</option>
<option value="Maniscopic">Maniscopic</option>
<option value="Masted">Masted</option>
<option value="Piviot">Piviot</option>
<option value="Telescopic">Telescopic</option>
<option value="UTV">UTV</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Machinery">
<option value="Attachments">Attachments</option>
<option value="Bale Handling">Bale Handling</option>
<option value="Cultivation Equipment">Cultivation Equipment</option>
<option value="Drills">Drills</option>
<option value="Feeders">Feeders</option>
<option value="Fertlizer Spreaders">Fertlizer Spreaders</option>
<option value="Grass Harrows">Grass Harrows</option>
<option value="Grassland Equipment">Grassland Equipment</option>
<option value="Hedge Cutters">Hedge Cutters</option>
<option value="Mowers">Mowers</option>
<option value="Muck Spreaders ">Muck Spreaders </option>
<option value="Ploughs">Ploughs</option>
<option value="Post Hammers">Post Hammers</option>
<option value="Power Harrows">Power Harrows</option>
<option value="Rakes">Rakes</option>
<option value="Rolls">Rolls</option>
<option value="Rotovators">Rotovators</option>
<option value="Shredders">Shredders</option>
<option value="Splitters">Splitters</option>
<option value="Sprayers">Sprayers</option>
<option value="Spreaders">Spreaders</option>
<option value="Tankers">Tankers</option>
<option value="Tedders">Tedders</option>
<option value="Toppers">Toppers</option>
<option value="Trailers">Trailers</option>
<option value="Wrappers">Wrappers</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Forklifts">
</optgroup>
</select>
<?php
echo '<select>';
foreach( $names as $name )
echo '<option value="'.$name.'" '.($name==$selected?' selected="selected"':'').'>'.$name.'</option>'
echo '</select>';
?>
When building the list the selected option should have the attribute selected="selected".