Mark Selected on Dropdown based on Variable

Mark Selected on Dropdown based on Variable

You could pull info from a GET/POST or MySQl query

<?
//I prefer to assign to a variable and then compare
$EyeColor = $_GET['EyeColor'];
//for testing - comment out when not needed
echo $EyeColor;
?>

<select name="EyeColor">
<option value=""<?=$EyeColor == '' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?>> </option>
<option value="blue"<?=$EyeColor == 'blue' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?>>Blue</option>
<option value="brown"<?=$EyeColor == 'brown' ? ' selected="selected"' : '';?>>Brown</option>
</select>