Php script equivalent of sql WHERE?

[jaady]

is there a command in php that can be used just like WHERE in a query?
i need to do a WHERE in a loop but can’t find the right statement.

[megazoid]

Are you asking about IF operator?
If not, can you explain what problem you’re trying to solve?

[jaady]

I’m fairly new with php. I am trying to pass a value to a Select option tag in a form through a hyperlink using the GET method. My option values in this form are populated from a query in mysql. I can populate option values in the form but I can’t seem to pass a value to it and make it so it becomes Selected.

[megazoid]

It can be done like this:

<?php $selected_id = $_GET['id']; ?>

<select>
<?php foreach($data as $item) { ?>
    <option value="<?php echo $item['id']; ?>" <?php if ($selected_id == $item['id']) { ?>selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo $item['title']; ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>

Show how you generate your list and I’ll help adapt that approach for your case

[jaady]

this would be the top part of the select script to populate option.

if(isset($_GET['jobtitleid'])){
$selectedid = $_GET['jobtitleid'];
$jobsql = "SELECT jobtitleid, jobtitle FROM jobtitle";
$jobresult= mysqli_query($dbc, $jobrsql);
while($jobr = mysqli_fetch_assoc($jobresult))

[jaady]

EUREKA!
I modified your code slightly and Voila! it worked great. Thank you very much.

<label for="jobtitleid" class="label">Job title</label>
        <select type="text" required name="jobtitleid" class="input" id="jobtitleid"/>
          <option value="select"></option>
          <?php
          if(isset($_GET['jobtitleid'])){
          
          $jobsql = "SELECT jobtitleid, jobtitle FROM jobtitle";
          $jobresult= mysqli_query($dbc, $jobsql);
          while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($jobresult)) { 
          ?><option value="<?php echo $row["jobtitleid"]; ?>" <?php if($row['jobtitleid']==$_GET['jobtitleid']){?> selected<?php };?> ><?php echo $row["jobtitle"] ?></option>
          <?php }
          }
          ?>
        </select>