Add html code to php variable

[ttmt_101]

Hi all

 

I want to create a simple html select menu from an array like:

 

<select>
  <option value="">Red</option>
  <option value="">Green</option>
  <option value="">Blue</option>
</select>

I know I can output this like:

$my_Arr = array('Red','Green','Blue');


echo "<select>"; 

for($i=0; $i<count($my_Arr); $i++){
  
  echo"<option>".$my_Arr[$i]."</option>";
    
}

echo "</select>";

But I would like to add the select menu to a variable and use later.

 

So I can start the variable off like:

$select_menu = "<select>";

But how can I add the rest of the html code to the variable as it's created, so I end up with:

$select_menu = "<select>
  <option value="">Red</option>
  <option value="">Green</option>
  <option value="">Blue</option>
</select>"

[requinix]

Append to the string, like

$select_menu = "<select>";
$select_menu = $select_menu . "<option value=''>Red</option>";
$select_menu .= "<option value=''>Green</option>"; // .= is shorthand for the above
$select_menu .= "<option value=''>Blue</option>";
$select_menu .= "</select>";

[ttmt_101]

Thanks Still alive

 

I've been doing '+=' for the last 30 mins instead of '.='

[web_craftsman]

There is also a very easy-to-use foreach construction.