combining form_dropdown() und set_select()

[eluser]Erwin Setiawan[/eluser]
In ci 1.7
I know that you want
I used set_value() from form_validation library..
not set_select()
in controller:

Code:

$options = array(
                  'small'  => 'Small Shirt',
                  'med'    => 'Medium Shirt',
                  'large'   => 'Large Shirt',
                  'xlarge' => 'Extra Large Shirt',
                );

then in view:

Code:

form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large');

change 'larger' to set_value('shirts')
so your code will be:

Code:

form_dropdown('shirts', $options, set_value('shirts'));

Don't forget to add validation rules on shirts dropdown.
Hope it useful for you