Deepak Shrestha wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am confused on how to populate the Select element from database. In
> the Select element I need to fill it with location data which is
> stored in database as single field table (each item is unique)
>
> location
> --------------
> location1
> location2
> location3
> ...
> ... etc.
> --------------
>
> There is very little stated in the documentation about
> "form->populate($data)" so I am confused on which goes where.
>
> Can somebody illustrate its mechanics step by step conceptually? In
> particular when I pass the "$data" variable how do I access that in
> the form
>
> 1. defined as global variable for this form class? OR
> 2. directly use that variable when creating form element? something like
>
> ===========================================
> $location = New Zend_Form_Element_Select('adlocation');
> $location->setLabel('*Location:');
> foreach($data as $loc)
> {
> $adlocation->addMultiOption($loc, $loc);
> }
> ===========================================
>
> can somebody suggest me how to fill up this element?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
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>
This might help,
http://peacocksuit.com/blog/2008/08/30/populate-a-zend_form-select-with-mysql-returned-data/
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