[SOLVED] please help to generate html select from an array

[tomasd]

Hi,

I've got a following code:

<?php
$stack = Array
(
    1 => 'Accounting',
    2 => 'Banqueting',
    3 => 'Executive Office',
    4 => 'Front Office',
    5 => 'Housekeeping',
    6 => 'Human Resources',
    7 => 'Kitchen',
    8 => 'Loss Prevention',
    9 => 'Mini Bar',
    10 => 'Repairs & Maintenance',
    11 => 'Revenue',
    12 => 'Room Service',
    13 => 'Sales & Marketing'
);

$select = '<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">'."\are\n";
foreach($stack as $key => $value)
{
    $select .= "\t".'<option value="'.$key.'">' . $value.'</option>'."\are\n";
}
$select .= '</select>';

echo $select;

?>

Which generates me following html output:

<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">
<option value="1">Accounting</option>
<option value="2">Banqueting</option>
<option value="3">Executive Office</option>
<option value="4">Front Office</option>
<option value="5">Housekeeping</option>
<option value="6">Human Resources</option>
<option value="7">Kitchen</option>
<option value="8">Loss Prevention</option>
<option value="9">Mini Bar</option>
<option value="10">Repairs & Maintenance</option>
<option value="11">Revenue</option>
<option value="12">Room Service</option>
<option value="13">Sales & Marketing</option>
</select>

 

I need to introduce a variable which would be equal to some int 1 to 13 which would make a selection so for instance if int = 4 I would be getting following html output:

<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">
<option value="1">Accounting</option>
<option value="2">Banqueting</option>
<option value="3">Executive Office</option>
<option selected value="4">Front Office</option>
<option value="5">Housekeeping</option>
<option value="6">Human Resources</option>
<option value="7">Kitchen</option>
<option value="8">Loss Prevention</option>
<option value="9">Mini Bar</option>
<option value="10">Repairs & Maintenance</option>
<option value="11">Revenue</option>
<option value="12">Room Service</option>
<option value="13">Sales & Marketing</option>
</select>

 

How do I go about making that work?

Thanks ever so much for your help!

 

[MadTechie]

what about

 

<?php
$SelectedID = 4;


$select = '<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">'."\are\n";

echo '<option value="'.$SelectedID.'">' . $stack[$SelectedID].'</option>'."\are\n";

foreach($stack as $key => $value)
{
if($key != $SelectedID)
{
    $select .= "\t".'<option value="'.$key.'">' . $value.'</option>'."\are\n";
}
}
$select .= '</select>';
?>

[tomasd]

Thanks for quick response (as usual:))

following code:

<?php
$stack = Array
(
    1 => 'Accounting',
    2 => 'Banqueting',
    3 => 'Executive Office',
    4 => 'Front Office',
    5 => 'Housekeeping',
    6 => 'Human Resources',
    7 => 'Kitchen',
    8 => 'Loss Prevention',
    9 => 'Mini Bar',
    10 => 'Repairs & Maintenance',
    11 => 'Revenue',
    12 => 'Room Service',
    13 => 'Sales & Marketing'
);

$SelectedID = 4;

$select = '<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">'."\n";

echo '<option selected value="'.$SelectedID.'">' . $stack[$SelectedID].'</option>'."\n";

foreach($stack as $key => $value)
{
if($key != $SelectedID)
	{
	    $select .= "\t".'<option value="'.$key.'">' . $value.'</option>'."\n";
	}
}
$select .= '</select>';

echo $select;


?>

generates the following html:

<option selected value="4">Front Office</option>
<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">
<option value="1">Accounting</option>
<option value="2">Banqueting</option>
<option value="3">Executive Office</option>
<option value="5">Housekeeping</option>
<option value="6">Human Resources</option>
<option value="7">Kitchen</option>
<option value="8">Loss Prevention</option>
<option value="9">Mini Bar</option>
<option value="10">Repairs & Maintenance</option>
<option value="11">Revenue</option>
<option value="12">Room Service</option>
<option value="13">Sales & Marketing</option>
</select>

It looks like <option selected value="4">Front Office</option> needs to be moved down, also is there any way of placing it in the 4th place in dropdown list oposed to 1st place?

 

Cheers!

Tomas

 

[MadTechie]

 

Try this

 

(slighlty more advanced)

 

<?php
$stack = Array
(
    1 => 'Accounting',
    2 => 'Banqueting',
    3 => 'Executive Office',
    4 => 'Front Office',
    5 => 'Housekeeping',
    6 => 'Human Resources',
    7 => 'Kitchen',
    8 => 'Loss Prevention',
    9 => 'Mini Bar',
    10 => 'Repairs & Maintenance',
    11 => 'Revenue',
    12 => 'Room Service',
    13 => 'Sales & Marketing'
);

$SelectedID = 4;

$select = '<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">'."\n";

foreach($stack as $key => $value)
{
    $Selected = ($key == $SelectedID)?"selected":"";
    $select .= "\t".'<option $Selected value="'.$key.'">' . $value.'</option>'."\n";
}
$select .= '</select>';

echo $select;


?>

[tomasd]

perfect it works just fine! I don't suppose there is a way the ID=4 would make "selected" appear in the 4th place instead of 1st or there is?

[MadTechie]

Oppp edited the one above..

 

updated

 

Try this

 

(slighlty more advanced)

 

<?php
$stack = Array
(
    1 => 'Accounting',
    2 => 'Banqueting',
    3 => 'Executive Office',
    4 => 'Front Office',
    5 => 'Housekeeping',
    6 => 'Human Resources',
    7 => 'Kitchen',
    8 => 'Loss Prevention',
    9 => 'Mini Bar',
    10 => 'Repairs & Maintenance',
    11 => 'Revenue',
    12 => 'Room Service',
    13 => 'Sales & Marketing'
);

$SelectedID = 4;

$select = '<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">'."\n";

foreach($stack as $key => $value)
{
    $Selected = ($key == $SelectedID)?"selected":"";
    $select .= "\t".'<option $Selected value="'.$key.'">' . $value.'</option>'."\n";
}
$select .= '</select>';

echo $select;


?>

[tomasd]

they're all gone selected now

<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">
<option $Selected value="1">Accounting</option>
<option $Selected value="2">Banqueting</option>
<option $Selected value="3">Executive Office</option>
<option $Selected value="4">Front Office</option>
<option $Selected value="5">Housekeeping</option>
<option $Selected value="6">Human Resources</option>
<option $Selected value="7">Kitchen</option>
<option $Selected value="8">Loss Prevention</option>
<option $Selected value="9">Mini Bar</option>
<option $Selected value="10">Repairs & Maintenance</option>
<option $Selected value="11">Revenue</option>
<option $Selected value="12">Room Service</option>
<option $Selected value="13">Sales & Marketing</option>
</select>

[MadTechie]

oops single quote

 

<?php
$stack = Array
(
    1 => 'Accounting',
    2 => 'Banqueting',
    3 => 'Executive Office',
    4 => 'Front Office',
    5 => 'Housekeeping',
    6 => 'Human Resources',
    7 => 'Kitchen',
    8 => 'Loss Prevention',
    9 => 'Mini Bar',
    10 => 'Repairs & Maintenance',
    11 => 'Revenue',
    12 => 'Room Service',
    13 => 'Sales & Marketing'
);

$SelectedID = 4;

$select = '<select name="user_department" id="user_department" size="1">'."\n";

foreach($stack as $key => $value)
{
    $Selected = ($key == $SelectedID)?"selected":"";
    $select .= "\t".'<option '.$Selected.' value="'.$key.'">' . $value.'</option>'."\n";
}
$select .= '</select>';

echo $select;


?>

[tomasd]

AWESOME!

Thanks again!!!