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cshaiku on 06/30/09

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Create Select Menu from an Array

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function createSelectMenu($menuName, $menuArray, $selectedID = '1')
{
  $csmBuffer ="<select name=\"$menuName\" class=\"select-control\">\n";
  settype($menuArray, 'array');
  $arrayCount = count($menuArray);
 
  for ($i = 0; $i < $arrayCount; $i++) {
    if ($selectedID == $menuArray[$i]->id)
      $csmBuffer .= '<option class="select-current" value="' . $menuArray[$i]->id . '" SELECTED>' . stripslashes($menuArray[$i]->name) . '</option>' . "\n";
    else
      $csmBuffer .= '<option value="' . $menuArray[$i]->id . '">' . stripslashes($menuArray[$i]->name) . '</option>' . "\n";
  }
 
  $csmBuffer .= "</select>\n";
  return $csmBuffer;
}
 
$item1->id = 0; $item1->name = 'Item 1';
$item2->id = 1; $item2->name = 'Item 2';
$item3->id = 2; $item3->name = 'Item 3';
 
$menuArray[0] = $item1;
$menuArray[1] = $item2;
$menuArray[2] = $item3;
 
$menu = CreateSelectMenu('menu', $menuArray, 1); // Select second item for example
echo $menu;