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Saint Robson
Saint Robson

Reputation: 5525

How To Modify This Array Into Associative Array?

I have this code :

$genders = array('Male', 'Female');

foreach ( $genders as $gender ) {
echo '<option' . ( $rowMyBiodata['Gender'] == $gender ? ' selected' : '' ) . '>';
echo $gender;
echo '</option>';
}

and that code produce HTML code like this :

<option selected>Male</option>
<option>Female</option>

now, I want to add a value on each option so that output will be like this :

<option selected value='M'>Male</option>
<option value='F'>Female</option>

I think by changing the array into associative array can solve this problem :

$genders = array('M'=>'Male', 'F'=>'Female');

but how to get array's index so it can be used as value on the option tag?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 58

Answers (3)

Soojoo
Soojoo

Reputation: 2156

Use as follows,

foreach ( $genders as $key=>$gender ) {
  echo '<option value='.$key.' . ( $rowMyBiodata['Gender'] == $gender ? ' selected' : '' ) . '>';
  echo $gender;
  echo '</option>';

}

Upvotes: 0

FtDRbwLXw6
FtDRbwLXw6

Reputation: 28929

Like this:

$genders = array('M' => 'Male', 'F' => 'Female');

foreach ($genders as $key => $value) {
    echo '<option' . ($rowMyBiodata['Gender'] == $value ? ' selected' : '' ) . ' value="' . $key . '">';
    echo $value;
    echo '</option>';
}

Upvotes: 1

duellsy
duellsy

Reputation: 8585

You simply need to change your output script to something like this:

$genders = array('M' => 'Male', 'F' => 'Female');

foreach ( $genders as $gender => $description ) {
    echo '<option value='.$gender.' ' . ( $rowMyBiodata['Gender'] == $description ? ' selected' : '' ) . '>';
    echo $description;
    echo '</option>';
}

Note the new use of the foreach params to have a $key => $value pair, then using this in your output

Upvotes: 1

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