echo select in loop with internal if

[durangod]

This seems to work but just wanted to check its validity, or maybe a better way.

while started

PHP Code:


 echo "<option value='$val_name' if(selected='selected'){selected};>$val_val</option>"; 


while end

thanks

[Coastal Web]

I'm not quite sure how what ou posed would have worked.
It would need to look something like this:

PHP Code:

echo "<option value='$val_name'" . ($selected == 'selected' ? 'selected=\'selected\'' : '') . ">$val_val</option>"; 


Check this out for more on shorthand if statements.
http://davidwalsh.name/php-ternary-examples