Help with PHP and associative arrays
- by errata
Hello.
I have to do a simple calculator in php based on user's input and choice from select field, something like this:
<?php
$a = $_GET['a'];
$b = $_GET['b'];
$array = array( "option1" => 0.1,
"option2" => 0.15,
"option3" => 0.3,
"option4" => 3,
"option5" => 3,
"option6" => 16,
"option7" => 16,
"option8" => 16
);
echo "<form action='calc.php' method='get'>";
echo "<input type='text' name='a' value='".$a."'> of ";
echo "<select name='b'>";
foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
echo "<option value='".$v."'>".$k."</option>";
}
echo "</select> ";
echo "<input type='submit' value='='> ";
$total_volume = $a * $b;
echo $total_volume;
echo "</form>";
?>
Well, for now everything works fine, but the idea is that after user submits form, the page reloads with sent amount in input field and selected option which user actually selected...
First thing is easy: I just put value="a" in my input field, but I'm not sure how to make a selected option in <select> field???
I started with this:
foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
echo "<option value='".$v."'";
if ($b == $v) {
echo " selected ";
}
echo ">".$k."</option>";
}
...but this is obviously not working as expected... Please help me with this easy one :)
Thanks!
