在选择选项标记中显示数据库中的选定选项

Question

This is a simple one, i know it is i just cant think of a good logical way to do this.

I have the following code:

<select name="Title[]" class="form-control">
    <option value="">Select title...</option>
    <option value="Mr">Mr</option>
    <option value="Miss">Miss</option>
    <option value="Mrs">Mrs</option>
    <option value="Ms">Ms</option>
    <option value="Prof">Prof</option>
    <option value="Doctor">Doctor</option>
</select>

What i want to do is on my edit client page, have their previously selected option displayed. So for example, if Doctor was selected at sign up, it would be selected by default on the edit page. I know i could do this like:

<option value="Doctor" <?php if($client_title == 'Doctor'){ echo 'selected'; } ?>>Doctor</option>

But it seems like a bit of a redundant way to do it. Can this be done easily with a do while statement?

Sorry for the simple request, having a bit of a slow day today! haha

Answer 1

<select name="title[]" class="form-control">
<?php
$titles = array('Mr', 'Miss', 'Mrs', 'Ms', 'Prof', 'Doctor');
foreach ($titles as $title) {
    $selected = $client_title == $title ? ' selected="selected"' : null;
    ?>
    <option value="<?php echo $title; ?>"<?php echo $selected; ?>><?php echo $title; ?></option>
    <?php
}
?>
</select>