Stumped with select function

[supline]

I have a function that creates a select list:

function make_select_ns( $name,$array,$p ersist){
$string = "<select name=\"$name\"> ";
$string .="<option selected>" . ucfirst($name) . "</option>\n";
if ($name == $array[0]){array_shift($ array);} //removes duplicate when
table name equals 1st item in array
foreach ($array AS $value) {
if (($value == $persist) && is_string($pers ist)){$selected =
"selected"; }
else {$selected = "";}
$string .= "<option $selected value='" .
str_pad($value, 2,"0",STR_PAD_L EFT) . "'>$value</option>\n";
}
$string.="</select>";
print $string;
}

I have arrays for Months, Days, Years, Hours, and Minutes.

All of the arrays work as expected except for the minutes array which
starts at 0 and goes to 55 in increments of 5. Whenever this loads
after a post the value 0 is selected. What am I missing here? Why
does the zero seem to be causing me problems?

Let me know if you need more information.

Thanks,

-Mark

[Marcin Dobrucki]

Re: Stumped with select function



supline wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a function that creates a select list:
>
> function make_select_ns( $name,$array,$p ersist){
> $string = "<select name=\"$name\"> ";
> $string .="<option selected>" . ucfirst($name) . "</option>\n";
> if ($name == $array[0]){array_shift($ array);} //removes duplicate when
> table name equals 1st item in array
> foreach ($array AS $value) {
> if (($value == $persist) && is_string($pers ist)){$selected =
> "selected"; }
> else {$selected = "";}
> $string .= "<option $selected value='" .
> str_pad($value, 2,"0",STR_PAD_L EFT) . "'>$value</option>\n";
> }
> $string.="</select>";
> print $string;
> }
>
> I have arrays for Months, Days, Years, Hours, and Minutes.
>
> All of the arrays work as expected except for the minutes array which
> starts at 0 and goes to 55 in increments of 5. Whenever this loads
> after a post the value 0 is selected. What am I missing here? Why
> does the zero seem to be causing me problems?
>
> Let me know if you need more information.[/color]

Alternative solution (with PEAR):

$f = new HTML_QuickForm( 'life_is_simple ');

// assuming $array contains our selections and $selected is
// an array of selected values
$array = array_unique($a rray); // to remove duplicates
$my_select =& $f->addElement('se lect', 'my_name', 'Select me:', $array);
$my_select->setSelected($s elected)
$f->addElement('su bmit',null,'Sub mit');
// or some othe way of displaying it
$f->display();

// end

//Marcin