form_dropdown and set_select

[eluser]ericrjones1[/eluser]
Peter,

I am pretty sure that my proposal works.

[quote author="Peter Lachky" date="1261542309"]

Code:

<?php echo form_dropdown('kategoria', $kategorie, set_value('kategoria', $kategoria)) ?>

[/quote]

Your proposed solution for resetting the form...

[quote author="Peter Lachky" date="1261542309"]

Code:

<?php echo form_dropdown('kategoria', $kategorie, $this->input->post('kategoria') ? $this->input->post('kategoria') : $kategoria) ?>

[/quote]

...is similar to what the set_value function is doing (check it out in the CI_Form_Validation Class).

Code:

function set_value($field = '', $default = '')
{
    if ( ! isset($this->_field_data[$field]))
    {
        return $default;
    }
        
    return $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'];
}

I would check for the following items:

1. $kategoria is a key in the array $kategorie
2. $kategoria is of the expected type and value
3. check the return value of set_value() and how that is different from the $this->input->post() value