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Pre select a value from dropdown when a link clicked
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The #apply part of the URI is not available to PHP, as the browser doesn't send it to the server, so you have to use JavaScript if it is the only indication you have of the need to pre-select this option.

One method of getting around this would be to make the link a submit button on a form to send a post to the server which could be used to indicate that this should be the default. The post could go to the same URL (with the hash/fragment), and you could back it up with the same JavaScript in case someone comes to the page from an outside source (but at least internal users wouldn't have to have JavaScript enabled for the default to be selected).

I found the following answer on StackOverflow informative (in that it includes code examples) and presented in a mildly entertaining style, even though it was added significantly later than the original question:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23175...r-27370176
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RE: Pre select a value from dropdown when a link clicked - by mwhitney - 09-10-2015, 07:46 AM



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