Blinding! TYVM :-)
On Apr 11, 4:20 pm, "Dardo Sordi Bogado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://book.cakephp.org/view/201/options-empty
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:52 AM, RichardAtHome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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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