Selected list item with javascript

Hi can you relate that code back to my drop list, which is dynamically assigned using PHP and Javascript.

i can see that the '.selectedIndex' function will set the option, but not sure how to associate this back to my existing code.

I am weak in PHP, but tell me one thing what value are you going to pass, is it the number, or the value that you are going to pass.

i will pass a number, this will be the state unique id from the db, which is also the value for the option on the drop list.

thanks

I am assuming your have a country drop and a state drop

If the statedrop needs to match the country drop you could do this:

I also assume you have a standard cookie script - if not, I can give you one

You need to do a
setCookie('countrystate',document.frmCheckout.ddlCountry.selectedIndex+'|'+document.frmCheckout.ddlState.selectedIndex);

in your onChange of each select and add this script

<script language="javascript">
function init() {
  var countryIndex = document.frmCheckout.ddlCountry.selectedIndex; 
  if (countryIndex > 0) {
    getStates(document.frmCheckout.ddlCountry.options[document.frmCheckout.ddlCountry.selectedIndex].value);
  }
  var sels = getCookie('countrystate');
  if (sels) {
     var countrystate = sels.split('|');
    if (countryState[0] == countryIndex) { // did we have the same country as previous
      document.frmCheckout.ddlState.selectedIndex=countryState[1]; // set the state to the same state
    }
  }
}
</script>

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I am not using cookies at all at the moment.

All the data is stored with variables on the current page.

I can grab the state variable selected, do I need to use cookies?

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