Use array_unshift( $states, $selected) to insert an element at the beginning of the $states array. Enjoy, John
On Oct 4, 3:13 pm, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a same / similar question for input selects which is related to this. > > I have my echo $form->input('State'); which is populated by a find list...so > I have all my States. How can I add so first option to be "Select your > State" with no value? Right now Alabama shows up first and if a user does > not select a State Alabama is automatically saved. > > $selected = array('option' => 'Select your State', 'value' => '0')? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miles J [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: October-04-09 7:35 AM > To: CakePHP > Subject: Re: showEmpty? > > You should only be using input(). > > echo $form->input('State', array('options' => array('NJ' => New Jersey', > 'NY' => 'New York'), 'empty' => false)); > > On Oct 3, 7:33 pm, Gonzalo Servat <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 7:21 AM, > [email protected]<[email protected]> wrote: > > > [..snip..] > > > > This is what I have: > > > > echo $form->select('State', array('NJ' => New Jersey', 'NY' => 'New > > > York')); > > > > I want to remove the empty option of this select box. According to > > > the API I need to add $showEmpty = false to the code above.. but > > > where do I add it? I tried in several different locations and it won't > work. > > > The function's arguments are: > > > select($fieldName, $options = array(), $selected = null, $attributes = > > array(), $showEmpty = '') > > > You only supplied the first and second arguments so if you want to > > keep the defaults for the rest except for $showEmpty, you'd need to do > > something like the following: > > > echo $form->select('State', array('NJ' => 'New Jersey', 'NY' => 'New > > York'), null, array(), false) > > > (notice I kept the defaults "null" and "array()" for the arguments > > between $options and $showEmpty) > > > - Gonzalo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
