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Select menu with optgroup elements
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<?php | |
// First you need some code to get a database result set. | |
// Split the resultset into two arrays, one for the product groups and one for the categories. | |
$sql = "SELECT id, parent_id, name, var_name FROM prod_category ORDER BY parent_id, id ASC"; $categories = mysql_query($sql); | |
while ($obj = mysql_fetch_object($categories)) { | |
if (!empty($obj->parent_id)) { // there are options | |
$arr_options[$obj->id]['parent'] = $obj->parent_id; // the corresponding key (group id) | |
$arr_options[$obj->id]['label'] = $obj->name; | |
$arr_options[$obj->id]['value'] = $obj->var_name; | |
// this array is build to check later the existings of options against the option groups | |
// (to create a valid select menu) | |
if (!in_array($obj->parent_id, $arr_check)) $arr_check[] = $obj->parent_id; | |
} else { // these are group elements | |
$arr_groups[$obj->id] = $obj->name; | |
} | |
} | |
function mysql_grouped_select_menu($elementName, $group_array, $option_array, $label = "", $current = "", $form_name = "myForm") { | |
$select = (!empty($label)) ? "<label for=\"".$elementName."\">".$label."</label>\n" : ""; | |
$select .= "<select name=\"".$elementName."\" id=\"".$elementName."\""; | |
$select .= ($form_name != "") ? " onchange=\"document.".$form_name.".submit()\">\n" : ">\n"; | |
$select .= " <option value=\"\">...</option>\n"; | |
if (empty($_REQUEST[$elementName])) { | |
if ($current == "") { | |
$curr_val = ""; | |
} else { | |
$curr_val = $current; | |
} | |
} else { | |
$curr_val = $_REQUEST[$elementName]; | |
} | |
foreach ($group_array as $gkey => $gval) { | |
$select .= " <optgroup label=\"".$gval."\">\n"; | |
foreach ($option_array as $opt_val) { | |
if ($opt_val['parent'] == $gkey) { | |
$select .= " <option value=\"".$opt_val['value']."\""; | |
$select .= ($opt_val['value'] == $curr_val) ? " selected=\"selected\">" : ">"; | |
$select .= $opt_val['label']."</option>\n"; | |
} | |
} | |
$select .= " </optgroup>\n"; | |
} | |
$select .= "</select>\n"; | |
return $select; | |
} | |
// example function call | |
echo " | |
<form action=\"\" method=\"post\" name=\"myForm\"> | |
".mysql_grouped_select_menu("category", $arr_groups, $arr_options, "Choose a category")." | |
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\" value=\"OK\" /> | |
</form>"; |
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