[SOLVED] Array Question

[graham23s]

Hi Guys,

 

on my registration page i have an array of all the countries:

 

     $country_list = array("---- Choose ----",
                           "Afghanistan",
      		  "Albania",
      		  "Algeria",

 

i echo them out like this:

 

        echo '<select name="country">';
        
           foreach ($country_list as $value) {
           
           echo "<option value=\"$value\">$value</option>\n";
           
           }              
        echo '</select>

 

instead of inserting the name of the country into mysql i was wanting to insert a number corresponding to that country like:

 

     $country_list = array("---- Choose ----",
                           "1","Afghanistan",
      		  "2","Albania",
      		  "3","Algeria",

 

instead of Afganistan it inputs 1 into mysql, in the INSERT query, would i just do $country[0] to put the number into mysql?

 

i have tried this and it only inputs array for some reason?

 

thanks guys

 

Graham

[marcus]

Do something as such:

 

$ara = array("hello","hey","goodbye","bye");
$x = 1;
echo "<select>\n";
foreach($ara as $value){
echo "<option value=\"$x\">$value</option>\n";
$x++;
}
echo "</select>\n";

[gabeg]

You could create a two-dimensional array

 

I *think* $x = array("Afghanistan"=>"1","Albania"=>"2");

 

and then

foreach($x as $v=>k) {

echo "<option value=$k>$v</option>";

}

[graham23s]

Thank guys,

 

2d array worked perfect.

 

cheers

 

Graham