Alphabetic list idea..

[phprock]

Hello

I want to show Alphabetic list
like this

 0-9  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

if there is any category start with a particular letter then it show links..

I want to know the best way.. .. regards

[onion2k]

There is no "best way". There never is. If your way works without being silly then its fine.

Personally, I'd store the options in an array:

$options = array('0-9','A','B','C','D'
 ... ,'Y','Z');

then loop through them to display the options, making them links:

foreach ($options as $option) {
echo "<a href=\"index.php?option=".$option."\">".$option."</a>";
}

This would give me the flexibility to add extra options later, like *, -, St, O', etc.

But like I said, theres lots of other ways of doing it.

[phprock]

Thank.. u..

I will have to get list of item from Database..

and create Alphabeit order..

So I think I will have to get the first character of the item then use if in_array function to create link. ...

is this is a good idea. ?

[SyncMaster]

Originally posted by onion2k
There is no "best way". There never is. If your way works without being silly then its fine.

Personally, I'd store the options in an array:

$options = array('0-9','A','B','C','D'
 ... ,'Y','Z');

then loop through them to display the options, making them links:

foreach ($options as $option) {
echo "<a href=\"index.php?option=".$option."\">".$option."</a>";
}

This would give me the flexibility to add extra options later, like *, -, St, O', etc.

But like I said, theres lots of other ways of doing it. [/B]

hmmz very intereseting can you please explane howto set it up like in mean page and how to link it..... short explanetion

thx in advance
Sync