Inside HTML code, parsed as php, in a select, I've been using the below. It's a bit longer than your plan to use arrays, but it works fine.
<select name="country"> <option value="">-- Select a country --</option> <option value="USA" <?php if ($country == 'USA') { echo " selected"; } ?>>United States</option> <option value="AFG" <?php if ($country == 'AFG') { echo " selected"; } ?>>Afghanistan</option> and so forth.... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php