Showing array value as the number in the array

Question

Currently my code shows the year from 1885 to 2017. What this does is show the years like so 0 = 1885, 1 = 1886.

What I want is that it shows it like this 1885 = 1885, 1886 = 1886 etc. (This resembles the date a car is built)

$options = [];
for ($x = 1885; $x <= date("Y"); $x++) {
array_push($options, $x);
}

  echo $this->Form->select('year', [
       $options,
   ],[
     'label' => false,
     'class' => 'form-group form-control',
   ]);

So I was wondering how to fix what I did wrong.

Autista_z · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-19 08:55:29Z

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for ($x = 1885; $x <= date("Y"); $x++) {
    $options[$x] = $x;
}

answered May 19, 2017 at 8:55

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Pupil Over a year ago

Good answer. Also, you made script load faster by removing array_push call and using a language construct to append array variable.

drmonkeyninja · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-19 09:01:36Z

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You can also do this using range() and array_combine():-

$years = range(1985, date('Y'));
$options = array_combine($years, $years);

answered May 19, 2017 at 9:01

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hakre · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-19 09:03:51Z

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You need to set the keys of the $options array as the keys are used as values to be submitted. You can as well benefit from using the range function to generate the array:

$values = array_map('strval', range(1885, (int) date("Y")));
$options = array_combine($values, $values);

edited May 19, 2017 at 9:03

answered May 19, 2017 at 8:59

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Damian Ashworth Over a year ago

The first answer works better for me, it's less complicated. But still I appreciate your answer!

hakre Over a year ago

yes, the first answer is easier to read, you could unroll the example I give here a little to make it more readable.

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