| Re: populating a list box problem [message #171121 is a reply to message #171119] |
Sat, 25 December 2010 20:51   |
Norman Peelman
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Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 12/25/2010 6:27 AM, Peter wrote:
>> In article<4d14f5a0$0$31600$bed64819(at)gradwell(dot)net>,
>> denis(dot)m(dot)f(dot)mcmahon(at)googlemail(dot)com says...
>>> On 24/12/10 19:09, richard wrote:
>>>> rather than having a god awful long mess of "options" in the code, I
>>>> would
>>>> like to populate the listbox by using php.
>>>
>>> Something like this maybe
>>>
>>> echo "<select name=\"pulldown1\">\n";
>>> $i = count($options);
>>> while ($i --) echo "<option value=\"$i\">{$options[$i]}</option>\n";
>>> echo "</select>\n";
>>>
>>> Not really sure what you're describing in the rest of your post though.
>>>
>>> Rgds
>>>
>>> Denis McMahon
>>>
>>
>> Just quickly, I noticed both you and Jerry included \n (newline
>> character) in your output. Is there a specific reason for adding that?
>> Would have thought it was completely unnecessary.
>>
>
> Unnecessary - but practical. Makes the source more readable when you
> need to view it.
>
I would just like to add that you should pick one way of using
quotes. Single quotes are just fine in HTML. The example below is much
easier (readable) on the eyes in my opinion. Just keep in mind that \n
only works inside double quotes.
echo "<select name='pulldown1'>\n";
$i = count($options);
while ($i--) echo "<option value='$i'>{$options[$i]}</option>\n";
echo "</select>\n";
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Norman
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