zen_draw_pull_down_menu, remember selected value

[quick1]

i added a dropdown menu by using the zen_draw_pull_down function,
$pulldown_array = array();
$pulldown_array[] = array('id' => '0', 'text' => please select);
$pulldown_array[] = array('id' => '1', 'text' => option a);
$pulldown_array[] = array('id' => '2', 'text' => option b);
zen_draw_pull_down_menu('pulldown', $pulldown_array)

after i select "option a" and confirm the form, if other input field gets an error, the value of this dropdown goes back to "please select", i want to keep the dropdown value selected (make the value goes to "option a"), what do i do?

[DrByte]

pass the selected value as a parameter to the function call

[quick1]

thanks, it does remember the selected value now

another question, the dropdown shows option name ('text' => option a) on the page of site, but after submiting the form, i get option value ('id' => '1') in emaill, what do i get option name "option a" in email?

[ToniScraparoni]

In the code you're using to populate the email, you would want to display $pulldown_array['text'] instead of $pulldown_array['id'].

HTH! :)

[quick1]

my code in tpl file:

$pulldown_array = array();
$pulldown_array[] = array('id' => '0', 'text' => please select);
$pulldown_array[] = array('id' => '1', 'text' => option a);
$pulldown_array[] = array('id' => '2', 'text' => option b);

zen_draw_pull_down_menu('pulldown', $pulldown_array) 

my code in header_php.php

$my_email_text = $pulldown; 

if i select option a, i get the email content "1", but i want to get the email content "option a"

if i change the code to
$my_email_text = $pulldown_array['text']
then i get nothing display in email

any help?

[quick1]

i added another dropdown to the form,

tpl file

zen_get_country_list('country', $country, 'id="country") 

header

$my_email_text = $ecountry; 

i get "223" in email
what do i get the text "United States" instead of the id "252" ?

[ToniScraparoni]

What is defining $pulldown? $pulldown and $pulldown_array aren't the same variables.

You're collecting the displayed email data through a $_POST from the form. The value submitted through the form is "1", which is the key of the menu array, whereas "Option A" is the value of that key.

Without seeing how you've set up $pulldown, you might try something like:

if ($_POST['pulldown'] == '1') {
$email_display = 'Option A';
} elseif ($_POST['pulldown'] == '2') {
$email_display = 'Option B';
} 

And so on.

[quick1]

thanks for your help, my pulldown finally works correctly

but i'm not sure what do i make my country list pulldown display country name instead of country id
there are hundreds of countries, do i have to add the code below?

if ($_POST['country'] == '223') {
$email_display = 'United States';
} elseif ($_POST['country'] == '38') {
$email_display = 'Canada';
}
...

[DrByte]

There's already a built-in function to prepare the list of countries for a pulldown, as well as built-in logic for reading the value out and matching it with its corresponding name from the database. You'll find that logic in the sections of code that deal with address book handling and account creation.

[ToniScraparoni]

Again, without seeing how you're creating the email display, I would suggest trying to target the array value instead of the key.

Maybe something like:

foreach ($country_id as $id=>$country) {
$email_display = $country;
} 

Hope this helps. :)