PHP Codeigniter: set_value on dropdown menu

This should help:

Controller (test.php)

<?php
    class Setup extends CI_Controller {

        function index() {
            //for the set_select() function
            $this->load->library('form_validation');

            //for base_url() function
            $this->load->helper('url');

            $list['data'] = $this->input->get('add_fields_type');

            $this->load->view('test_view.php', $list);
        }
?>

View (test_view.php)

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<form action="<?php echo base_url(); ?>test">
    <label for="add_fields_type">Type: </label>
    <select name="add_fields_type" id="add_fields_type">
        <option value="">Please Select</option>
        <option value="input" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','input', ( !empty($data) && $data == "input" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Input</option>
        <option value="textarea" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','textarea', ( !empty($data) && $data == "textarea" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Text Area</option>
        <option value="radiobutton" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','radiobutton', ( !empty($data) && $data == "radiobutton" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Radio Button</option>
        <option value="checkbox" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','checkbox', ( !empty($data) && $data == "checkbox" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Check Box</option>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

Note: The third parameter of the set_select() determines whether it should be selected or not


Sort of what Abid said, you'd simply use set_value() after your form validation.

form_dropdown('add_fields_type', $field_types, set_value('field_type'));

Try this:

<option value="<?php echo set_value('textarea'); ?>" <?php echo (set_value('textarea')=='TEXTAREA')?" selected=' selected'":""?>>Text Area</option>

Above TEXTAREA is the value you are expected to come on the option

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