Create a Drop Down From Session Variables in PHP
December 3, 2014
Task: Create a drop down with minimum lines of code using the value in session variables.
Value in Session Variables:
$_SESSION[“totalvehicles”] = 3;
$_SESSION[“vehicleid_1″] = 22;
$_SESSION[“vehiclename_1″] = “2014 Toyota Crona”;
$_SESSION[“vehicleid_2″] = 33;
$_SESSION[“vehiclename_2″] = “2012 Honda Civic”;
$_SESSION[“vehicleid_3″] = 44;
$_SESSION[“vehiclename_3″] = “2009 Toyota Vitz”;
Solution (php code):
<select name=”primaryvehicle” id=”primaryvehicle” >
<?php
for ($i=1; $i<= $_SESSION[“totalvehicles”]; $i++)
echo “<option value=’”.$_SESSION[‘vehicleid_’.$i].”‘>”.$_SESSION[‘vehiclename_’.$i].”</option>”;
?>
</select>
Result:
<select name=”primaryvehicle” id=”primaryvehicle” >
<option value=”22″>2014 Toyota Crona</option>
<option value=”33″>2012 Honda Civic</option>
<option value=”44″>2009 Toyota Vitz</option>
</select>