Suzanne — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 04:31:23 +0000

Glad you figured it out!

m3rajk — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 04:28:06 +0000

figured it out.. the selected value is treated as a string, so i needed == instead of ===

since i know this is useful to turn associative arrays into option code, i think i'll send it to php.net and see if they wanna add it. i'm sure those doing forms with associative arrays that want memory have already written functions, but hey, who knows...one second thought i don't see how and most problaby already have that. so... unless you people want to encourage me i'm going ot give up on that

m3rajk — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 04:24:45 +0000

now the test file looks like

<?php
include(\"/home/joshua/includes/fyd.incs.php\"); # includes file
$month=$_POST['month'];
if(!isset($month)){
  echo <<<END
    <html><head></head><body>
    <form action=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\" method=\"POST\">
    <input type=\"text\" name=\"month\">
    <input type=\"submit\" value=\"check\">
    </form>
    </body></html>
END;
}else{
  $array=array('00'=>'Month', '01'=>'January', '02'=>'February', '03'=>'March',
 '04'=>'April', '05'=>'May', '06'=>'June', '07'=>'July',
 '08'=>'August', '09'=>'September', '10'=>'October', '11'=>'November', '12'=>'December');
  $method='$_POST';
  $feild_name=\"'month'\";
  $list=array_to_options($array, $method, $feild_name);
  echo '<select name=\"test\" size=\"1\">'.$list.'</select>';
}
?>

the function looks like

<?php
function array_to_options($array, $selected){
  echo \"in ato, selected: $selected; array: $array <br />\"; # debug
  $optlist=''; # make an empty string
  foreach($array as $key=>$value){
    if($selected===$key){
 # if this is the first time it wont match, so we don't need to care if it's set
      $optlist=$optlist.\"<option value=\\"$key\\" selected>$value</option>\";
    }else{
      $optlist=$optlist.\"<option value=\\"$key\\">$value</option>\";
    }
  }
  return $optlist;
}
?>

and the output was

in ato, selected: 12; array: Array <br /><select name="test" size="1">
<option value="00">Month</option><option value="01">January</option>
<option value="02">February</option><option value="03">March</option>
<option value="04">April</option><option value="05">May</option>
<option value="06">June</option><option value="07">July</option>
<option value="08">August</option><option value="09">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option><option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option></select>

Suzanne — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 02:55:41 +0000

I have trouble with $variable and $_POST['variable'] -- they are the same thing. Perhaps set $thismonth=$_POST['month']?

m3rajk — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 02:05:42 +0000

i realized that.[blush]
yes i am trying to get a string. =. doesn't seem to work. that made an error.
but $optlist=$optlist."$value";
does work.. to some extent.
the default selected thing doesn't seem to work
new code:

<?php
function array_to_options($array, $method, $feild_name){
  echo \"in ato, feild name $feild_name; method $method; array $array 
<br /> {$method}[$feild_name] <br />\"; # debug
  $optlist=''; # make an empty string
  foreach($array as $key=>$value){
    if($method[$feild_name]==$key){ 
# if this is the first time it wont match, so we don't need to care if it's set
      $optlist=$optlist.\"<option value=\\"$key\\" selected>$value</option>\";
    }else{
      $optlist=$optlist.\"<option value=\\"$key\\">$value</option>\";
    }
  }
  return $optlist;
}
?>

and

<?php
include(\"/home/joshua/includes/fyd.incs.php\"); # includes file
$month=$_POST['month'];
if(!isset($month)){
  echo <<<END
    <html><head></head><body>
    <form action=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\" method=\"post\">
    <input type=\"text\" name=\"month\">
    <input type=\"submit\" value=\"check\">
    </form>
    </body></html>
END;
}else{
  /* array  dropped from here & chopped up to stop scrolling */
$array=array('00'=>'Month', '01'=>'January', '02'=>'February', '03'=>'March', 
'04'=>'April', '05'=>'May', '06'=>'June', '07'=>'July', 
'08'=>'August', '09'=>'September', '10'=>'October', '11'=>'November', '12'=>'December');
  $method='$_POST';
  $feild_name=\"'month'\";
  $list=array_to_options($array, $method, $feild_name);
  echo '<select name=\"test\" size=\"1\">'.$list.'</select>';
}
?>

generates

Quote: in ato, feild name 'month'; method $_POST; array Array $_POST['month'] MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

it should have gotten the value of 12 since that's what i typed in

Suzanne — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 00:48:08 +0000

$optlist is an array, though, not a string variable?

If you want it to be a string variable, remove the []. ??

<?php
function array_to_options($array, $method, $feild_name){
_echo \"in ato, feild name $feild_name; method $method; array $array <br />

 {$$method}[$feild_name] <br />\"; # debug

_foreach($array as $key=>$value){

____if($method[$feild_name]==$key){ 

# if this is the first time it wont match, so we don't need to care if it's set

______echo \"<option value=\\"$key\\" selected>$value</option>\";

____}else{

______echo \"<option value=\\"$key\\">$value</option>\";

____}

__}

}
?>

Or use =. to run them all together?