Hi All :-)
Cake 1.2.0.6311 beta
I am using the following code to create a drop down select box for a
field in a view:
echo $form->input('institution_id',array("label"=>"Institution *",
"class"=>"input", "div"=>"input mandatory", "selected"=>$preSelect-
>select("institution_id")));
($preSelect is a custom helper that pre-selects an item from the list
if it is present in the URL)
As it stands, this code creates a drop down list as expected, but
doesn't include an empty option.
How do I get it to show an empty option at the top of the list (or
better yet a 'Please Select...' option)?
I've dug through the form helper code and I though this would work:
echo $form->input('institution_id',array("label"=>"Institution *",
"class"=>"input", "div"=>"input mandatory", "selected"=>$preSelect-
>select("institution_id")),null,null,"Please Select....");
and
echo $form->input('institution_id',array("label"=>"Institution *",
"class"=>"input", "div"=>"input mandatory", "selected"=>$preSelect-
>select("institution_id"), "showEmpty"=>"Please Select..."));
but try as I might, I can't get $form->input() to pass the "Please
Select" message through to $form->select()
Oddly enough, the $input->select() code should default to providing an
empty select code ($showEmpty = '') if non is specified, so $form-
>input() must be passing in false to stop this from happening.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance :-)
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