Array into Dropdown list

[mcfmullen]

Alright, so I have an xml file differences.xml that is being parsed in XML. This is what the xml looks like:

 

<item  code="lM" name="dog">
<cost>5000</cost>
<Start>12/15/2010</Start>
<End>01/13/2011</End>
</item>
<item  code="lF" name="cat">
<cost>5000</cost>
<Start>04/15/2010</Start>
<End>04/23/2011</End>
</item>[/

 

I want to have the item names (dog, cat) show in a dropdown menu so that I can select these items for editing before storing in my mysql database.

 

This is the php code I have so far:

<?PHP

$xml = simplexml_load_file("differences.xml");

$object = $xml->xpath("//item");

echo '<SELECT name=object>';

foreach ($object['name'] as $key => $value)

{

echo '<OPTION value='.$value.'> '.$value;

}

echo '</select>';
?>

 

I do have a dropdown list but there are no values inside it (it is empty). Can anyone help me figure out why?

 

I do have this code that does work which lists the items in plaintext (not in a dropdown) so hopefull this will help us out:

 

<?PHP

$xml = simplexml_load_file("differences.xml");

$object = $xml->xpath("//item");

$count = count($object);

$i = 0;

while($i < $count)
{

echo '<h1>'.$object[$i]['name'].'</h1>';

$i++;

}


?>

 

[wigpip]

Hi, the option tag should be closed, but that may not be all

 

 

foreach ($object['name'] as $key => $value)
{
echo '<option value='.$value.'> '.$value . ' </option>';

}

 

www.wigpip.com.au

[BlueSkyIS]

these are not equivalent:

 

$object['name']

 

$object[$i]['name']

 

the second example works because it is accessing the array variable properly.

[mcfmullen]

Thanks for pointing that out!