在下拉列表中保留所选值

Question

jQuery代码：我无法在州城市下拉列表中保留选定的值。当我点击立即注册按钮时，城市字段变为空白。任何帮助将不胜感激。

//script for displaying city on the basis of state
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("#state").change(function(){
            var selectedState = $("#state option:selected").val();
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "ajax/ajax_city.php",
                data: { state : selectedState } 
            }).done(function(data){
                $("#city").html(data)
            });
        });
    });

    // script for displaying states

    $(function(){
        $.get("ajax/ajax_state.php", function(data) {
            $("#state").html(data);
        });
    });
//script for retaining selected values

        $(document).ready(function(){
        $('#state').val("<?php echo $_POST['state'];?>")
        $('#city').val("<?php echo $_POST['city'];?>");
        $('#expertise').val("<?php echo $_POST['expertise'];?>");
        $('#practice_in').val("<?php echo $_POST['practice_in'];?>");
    });

// html for submit button

<button md-ink-ripple="" type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-lg btn-block" id="ad_sign_up" name="ad_sign_up">Register Now!</button>

//用于显示城市的php代码：ajax_city.php

 <?php
include("../includes/state-array.inc.php");
#include("./includes/state-array.php");
    $state = $_POST["state"];
    // Display city dropdown based on state name
    if($state !== 'Select'){
        foreach($indStateCity[$state] as $value){
            echo "<option>". $value . "</option>";
        }
    } 
     ?>

//用于显示状态的php代码：ajax_state.php

<?php
include("../includes/state-array.inc.php");
echo "<option selected='selected'>State</option>";
foreach($indStateCity as $key => $value){
            echo "<option>". $key . "</option>";
        }
?>