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It will default to &quot;nothing&quot; if there is no selected value.
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It will default to "nothing" if there is no selected value.

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When you are testing HTML forms with PHP, you can use the var_dump() command to visualize the contents of $_GET and $_POST - that way you can see exactly what your form sent to the script.
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When you are testing HTML forms with PHP, you can use the var_dump() command to visualize the contents of $_GET and $_POST - that way you can see exactly what your form sent to the script.

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Hi<br />
I added the PLEASE SELECT in and it didn't do anything...<br />
It is what i wnat but it didnt change the box...<br />
??
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Hi
I added the PLEASE SELECT in and it didn't do anything...
It is what i wnat but it didnt change the box...
??

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@funkkube: Please post the code you're using now in the code snippet. &nbsp;I will show you the correct way to handle this. &nbsp;Thanks, ~Ray
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@funkkube: Please post the code you're using now in the code snippet.  I will show you the correct way to handle this.  Thanks, ~Ray

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[quote]sorry it is working !!![/quote]<br />
<br />
Great :-)
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[quote]sorry it is working !!![/quote]

Great :-)

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I ahve this<br />
<br />
&lt;select name=&quot;comboname&quot;&gt;<br />
&lt;?php<br />
&nbsp; $result = mysql_query('select * from combovalues');<br />
&nbsp; while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)<wbr />) {<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;echo '&lt;option value=&quot;'.$row['combovalue'<wbr />].'&quot;&gt;'.$ro<wbr />w['combova<wbr />lue'].'&lt;/o<wbr />ption&gt;';<br />
&nbsp; }<br />
?&gt;<br />
&lt;/select&gt;<br />
<br />
What do I need to add to make the combo box default to blank..<br />
<br />
Cheers<br />
Mat
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I ahve this

<select name="comboname">
<?php
  $result = mysql_query('select * from combovalues');
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
   echo '<option value="'.$row['combovalue'].'">'.$row['combovalue'].'</option>';
  }
?>
</select>

What do I need to add to make the combo box default to blank..

Cheers
Mat

PHP Combo Box Default Nothing value

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