Many thanks Craig
I have tried that but there was already <?php (isset($_GET["invalid"])?ValidatedField("contact","Section"):"") ?> within the select value equal to. I have tried replacing it with $_GET['option'] entirely and also just replacing invalid with option... neither work
these are the options I am working with
<option id="" value="No selection made" selected>Please Select</option>
<option value="Commercial" <?php if (!(strcmp("Commercial", (isset($_GET["invalid"])?ValidatedField("contact","Section"):"")))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Commercial</option>
<option value="Domestic" <?php if (!(strcmp("Domestic", (isset($_GET["invalid"])?ValidatedField("contact","Section"):"")))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Domestic</option>
<option value="PestControl" <?php if (!(strcmp("PestControl", (isset($_GET["invalid"])?ValidatedField("contact","Section"):"")))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Pest Control</option>
<option value="CleaningProducts" <?php if (!(strcmp("CleaningProducts", (isset($_GET["invalid"])?ValidatedField("contact","Section"):"")))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Cleaning Products</option>
I have also removed the validation from each one and using :
<option id="" value="No selection made" selected <?php if (!(strcmp("No selection made", "$_GET[\'option\']"))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Please Select</option>
<option value="Commercial" <?php if (!(strcmp("Commercial", "$_GET[\'option\']"))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Commercial</option>
<option value="Domestic" <?php if (!(strcmp("Domestic", "$_GET[\'option\']"))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Domestic</option>
<option value="PestControl" <?php if (!(strcmp("PestControl", "$_GET[\'option\']"))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Pest Control</option>
<option value="CleaningProducts" <?php if (!(strcmp("CleaningProducts", "$_GET[\'option\']"))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Cleaning Products</option>
but that just generates the following error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '' (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or number (T_NUM_STRING) in /home/gahel6wj/public_html/contact2.php on line 313
