Title: drop down menu php options
Last modified: February 13, 2019

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# drop down menu php options

 *  Resolved [Flankerator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flankerator/)
 * (@flankerator)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-down-menu-php-options/)
 * Hi Alexander,
 * Any idea for when I need php code inside each option of a drop down menu for ‘
   selected’ attribute and then other chunks of php before and after the form all
   linked and working together, how should I use php_everywhere in this case without
   breaking the php execution order?
 * Here is the code:
 * <?php
    $date=$_POST[‘selected_date’]; ?>
 * <form action=”//url here” method=’post’> As of :
    <select name=”selected_date”
   > <option value=”2017-11-01″ <?php if ( $date == ‘2017-11-01’ ) {echo ” selected”;}?
   > >01.11.2017</option> <option value=”2017-09-01″ <?php if ( $date == ‘2017-09-
   01’ ) {echo ” selected”;}?> >01.09.2017</option> <option value=”2017-08-01″ <?
   php if ( $date == ‘2017-08-01’ ) {echo ” selected”;}?> >01.08.2017</option> </
   select> <input type=”submit” VALUE=”Get Data”/> </form>
 * <?php
    if($_POST[‘selected_date’]) $date=$_POST[‘selected_date’]; else $date=”
   2017-11-01″; //default date upon 1st page load. ?>

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 *  Thread Starter [Flankerator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flankerator/)
 * (@flankerator)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/drop-down-menu-php-options/#post-11214298)
 * I wrongfully assumed that only php code was allowed by this plugin. It actually
   allows html too. So you can mix both as needed. What a facepalm. Sorry.

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