Populating DropdownMenu with an array in php

Question

Can someone tell me how to populate a dropdown menu with the elements in the array and when someone chooses a certain album like say Closing time after submitting the form it will replace with the 2nd element of the array "in voorraad" I have been trying to search for it I can't find anywhere.

Array in php form

$album["Closing time"]="in voorraad";
$album["Rumba Azul"]="uit voorraad"; 
$album["Survivor"]="in voorraad";  
$album["Greatest Hits Queen"]="uit voorraad";
$album["3121 Prince"]="in voorraad";

The html part I don't know how to query the array in

<form action="Albert_verwerken.php" method="post">
<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpading=0>  
<tr> <td>Achgternaam:</td> <td><input type="text" name="achternaam"></td></tr>   
<tr> <td>Voornaam:</td> <td><input type="text" name="voornaam"></td></tr>
<tr> <td>Adres:</td> <td><input type="text" name="adres"></td></tr>
<tr> <td>Postcode:</td> <td><input type="text" name="postcode"></td></tr>
<tr> <td>Plaats:</td> <td><select name="plaats">
<option value="">Kies...</option>
<option value="amsterdam">Amsterdam</option>
<option value="rotterdam">Rotterdam</option>
</select></td></tr>

Millard · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-29 12:18:27Z

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foreach($array as $key=>$value){
    $html .= "<option value='$key'>$value</key>";
}

echo "<select name="process">$html</select>";

where $array is your array.

ref: http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php

and following on you can pick this up in processing as follows:

$p = $_POST; //assuming its post

$value = $p['process'];

edited Jan 29, 2013 at 12:18

answered Jan 29, 2013 at 12:08

Millard

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5 Comments

Albert Esta Vida Over a year ago

the array is in the processing form i have an index.php and processing.php the top part is in processing the bottom part is in index

Millard Over a year ago

why not move the array to the index page and just pass the value you need to the processing form?

Albert Esta Vida Over a year ago

hmm if i move it there what codes shuold i use ? im sorry for the simplistic questions but im in a test right now and i have to pass it it woul mean alot to me if yuo would help me :)

Millard Over a year ago

you can use the same code, just create the <select> part as above then when the form get passed to processing you will have the value. I will update my example as i think its wrong.

Albert Esta Vida Over a year ago

Index: <php? $voorraad["Closing time"]="in voorraad"; $voorraad["Rumba Azul"]="uit voorraad"; $voorraad["Survivor"]="in voorraad"; $voorraad["Greatest Hits Queen"]="uit voorraad"; $voorraad["3121 Prince"]="in voorraad"; foreach($voorraad $key=>$value){ $html .= "<option value='$key'>$value</key>"; } echo "<select name="process">$html</select>";?> this should work like this if i add it to the index?

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