defining an index?

[Codeman0013]

Hey on one of my projects i keep getting undefined indexes because the user has to select a drop down value first how do i just give it a fake value like test or something ahead of time??

[NogDog]

We may need more detailed info on the exact situation, but generally speaking you could do something like this:

$value = (isset($_POST['field1'])) ? $_POST['field1'] : "default_value";