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How To Get Form To Remember Selected Option?


I am now trying to make a form remember which color (a select list) they selected before pressing any of the submit buttons. I entered this code into the form:

<select name="color">
<option value="red">red</option>
<option value="blue">blue</option>
</select>

The submit is a GET type. For example, if the user selects blue and then clicks on either one of the "submit" buttons, I want the form to remember/show the blue option. Right now the select list always goes back to red, the first choice. I tried doing a <?php echo $red; ?> and <?php echo $blue; ?> for the option value, but this does not work since the select list needs a value.




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