John Davidson

Message:

the following code shows a text field for the user to write their city, I would like to convert that text field into a selection field with a drop-down list. My knowledge in php is very basic, I appreciate you can help me.

The code is located in a PHP template of a user profile.

    <?php

global $current_user;

wp_get_current_user();

$userID             = $current_user->ID;

$user_login         = $current_user->user_login;

$state       = get_the_author_meta( 'user_state' , $userID );

?>

<div class="row">

<div class="col-md-12">  

  <div class="couple-profile-main-block dashboard-box">

    <form id="user-profile" class="ajax-auth form-horizontal" method="post">

    <div class="status"></div>  

      <?php wp_nonce_field('ajax-user-profile-nonce', 'security'); ?>    

    <div class="row">

        <div class="col-md-6">

 

                <div class="form-group row">

                  <div class="col-sm-4"><label><?php esc_html_e('State','theme');?>*</label></div> 

                  

                  <div class="col-sm-8"><input class="form-control" id="state" name="state" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr($state);?>"></div> 

                

                </div>                                                          

            </div>        

        </div>



    <div class="row">

        <div class="col-md-6">

            <div class="row">

                <div class="col-sm-offset-4 col-sm-8"><button id="couple-profile-on" class="btn btn-pink"><?php esc_html_e('Update Profile','theme');?></button></div> 

            </div>        

        </div>

    </div>

    

    </form>

  </div>

</div>

</div>

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My Answer:
Sure! Here's an example of how you can convert a text field to a selection field drop-down list in PHP:

php

New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Houston
Miami



Replace the existing text field with the above code in your PHP template. This will create a drop-down list with the cities New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Miami for the user to select from.