I have this drop down list. I am trying to capture the selected value of the drop down and have it remain selected after a submit. I have tried to work with this but I never got the syntax correct. Any ideas?
[CODE]<!DROP DOWN #2>
<select name=”item2″ style=”width: 250px”>
<option value=”60″>DAILY MAX TEMPS ≥ 60</option>
<option value=”70″>DAILY MAX TEMPS ≥ 70</option>
<option value=”80″>DAILY MAX TEMPS ≥ 80</option>
<option value=”90″>DAILY MAX TEMPS ≥ 90</option>
<option value=”32″>DAILY MAX TEMPS ≤ 32</option>
<option value=”monthlyhighs”>MONTHLY AVG MAX TEMPS</option>
<option value=”monthlylows”>MONTHLY AVG MIN TEMPS</option>
<option value=”raindays”>DAY OF RAINFALL PER MONTH</option>
<option value=”spring_occ”>FIRST SPRING OCCURENCES</option>
<option value=”rainfall”>MONTHLY/YEARLY RAINFALL</option>
<!The below code is supposed to retain the selected drop down but does not>
<option value=”<?php $_POST[‘item2’]
echo ‘selected=”selected”‘?>><?php echo [‘item2’]?></option>