Need to select values from array to dropbox

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Hi I'm really new to this and i'm trying to get data from an array for a drop down box, here is what I have tried but all that shows in the box is the word array. Anyone able to help?

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Thanks for the help I will take a look at them articles, do you know how I would then take the data that was chosen and to display on a response page everything I do it doesn't work — user3187667
– user3187667, Commented Jan 12, 2014 at 19:54

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:24:57Z

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You need to loop through the array not just print it.

<select name="newspaper">
    <?php foreach($newspaper as $index => $item) { ?>
        <option value="<?php echo $index; ?>"><?php echo $item; ?></option>
    <?php } ?>
</select>

You should definitely look up arrays and read more about them.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php

http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 20:24

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user3187667 Over a year ago

Thanks for the help I will take a look at them articles, do you know how I would then take the data that was chosen and to display on a response page everything I do it doesn't work

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