fm_build_select()

This is a small function for an UI Toolkit. It builds an select list of an associative array.
Code


<?php



// ================================================================

// string fm_build_select(string $name, array $options,

//                        [mixed $selected])

//

// Build an HTML <select> statement with options from the assoc. 

// array $options (value => caption) and the option defined by 

// $selected (must be a key or an array of keys in the $options 

// array) marked as selected. Returns the resulting HTML code or 

// FALSE on error.



function fm_build_select($name, $options, $selected = '') {

    if ($selected == '') $selected = key($options);

    if (! is_array($selected)) {

        $selected = array($selected);

        $select = "<select name=\"$name\">\n";

    } else {

        $select = "<select name=\"$name" . "[]\" multiple>\n";

    }



    foreach ($options as $value => $caption) {

        $select .= "   <option value=\"$value\"" . 

          (in_array($value, $selected) ? " selected" : "") . 

          ">$caption</option>\n";

    }

    $select .= "</select>\n";

    return $select;

}



?>