[SOLVED] How to display .txt info into drop down list

[t_k_eoh]

Hi guys,

Appreciate if you can help me list out all the items from a file (data.txt) into drop down box for user to select.

 

Eg. inside (data.txt) has

Apple

Orange

Strawberry

etc...

 

How do I create a drop down list that can call out everything from data.txt (until end of file)??

 

Pls help. Thanks.

[tibberous]

<select><?php

$items = file("data.txt");

foreach($items as $item){
if(strlen($item = trim($item)) < 1) continue;
echo "<option value='$item'>$item</option>";
}

?></select>

 

Should work.

[aim25]

put the hyperlink beside the names, like <a href='www.a.com'>Apples</a>, then use the file_get_contents() to get the contents from the txt file.

 

click here for more info:

 

http://www.php.net/file_get_contents