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<?php

// How YOU could use this

	select(
		array(
			'name' => 'state',
			'onchange' => 'state(); return true;',
		),
		array(
			'AL' => 'AL',
			'AK' => 'AK',
			"..." => '...'
			"WY" => 'WY'
		)
		,
		$state
	);


	function select($html, $options, $selected) {
		// $options is in the form of $options["value"] => 'text for option';
		?><select<?php
		foreach ($html as $html_name=>$html_value) {
			echo ' ',$html_name, '="',htmlentities($html_value, ENT_QUOTES),'"';
		}
		?>><?php
		foreach ($options as $value=>$text) {
			?><option value="<?php
				echo htmlentities($value,ENT_QUOTES);
			?>"<?php
				if ($value == $selected) {
					?> selected<?php
				}
			?>><?php
				echo htmlentities($text,ENT_QUOTES);
			?></option><?php
		}
		?></select><?php
	}
	
?>