I have an SVG map. When someone clicks on a state say, "Kansas" it displays a form and populates the state select box with the state that was clicked on say, it's Kansas. Code - This is working fine. This code is in the head.
var itemval= '<option value="'+data.name+'">'+ stateData[data.name].fullName+'</option>';
$("#SelItem").html(itemval);
When the form is submitted and it posts back to the same page, I'm using
<form method="POST" action="theform.php" onsubmit="return validateForm(this);">
When the page post back to the same page the select box is empty. The select box is there but with no option.
I've searched on Google I found the code below plus a few similar ways but they don't work. I've used this code in the head and under the select but no luck.
var selectedVal = $("#SelItem").val();
$("#SelItem").val(selectedVal);
**HTML**
<select id="SelItem"><option></option></select>
I've been working on this for hours but can't seem to find a solution.
Can someone tell me how to keep the select value after the form has been submitted and returns to the same page?
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