-- Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Tuesday, 03 June 2008, 06:53 AM -0400): > Thank you for the quick response.... > > The only problem is that these options are being pulled from a database. > (They are makes of vehicles, TOYO, FORD, DODG, etc. etc.), and there are > hundreds of models. > > So basically, I make my database call to get the Makes and Models of > vehicles, but I need to store them in an array and put them in the select > elements in my forms.
You might want to look at Zend_Db_Adapter's 'fetchPairs()' method; the output of this can be used directly with the select element's setMultiOptions() method. > "Matthew Weier O'Phinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > (on Monday, 02 June 2008, 03:46 PM -0400): > >> I am using XML files for all my forms (contracts), and I have a couple of > >> form elements that are SELECTS...however, I cannot figure out a way to > >> pass > >> an array of options into the XML file that contains the elements. Is the > >> controller my only option? > > > > You need to pass them as the 'multiOptions' options key in your config > > file: > > > > <element> > > <type>select</type> > > <options> > > <multiOptions> > > <key1>value1</key1> > > <key2>value2</key2> > > </multiOptions> > > </options> > > </element> -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Software Architect | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
