Function to create form drop down field list

[SimonFinch]

I'm using a Mambo Component called Remository to display details about files people have uploaded. I want to alter the appearance of the data input forms for some of the fields, but am not sure how to do this.

The form fields are created on the page by calling a function "fileInputBox"
I want to alter the appearance of the data input forms for some of the fields but am not sure how to do this.
The form fields are created on the page by calling a function "fileInputBox"

function fileInputBox ($title, $name, $value, $width, $tooltip=null) {
		$this->inputTop($title);
		?>
			<td align="left" valign="top">
				<input class="inputbox" type="text" name="<?php echo $name; ?>" size="<?php echo $width; ?>" value="<?php echo htmlentities($value); ?>" />
				<?php if ($tooltip) echo tooltip($tooltip); ?>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<?php
	}

This is displayed by using this:

$this->fileInputBox(_MY_FIELD_LANGUAGE_INCLUDE,'myfieldname',$file->myfieldname,25);

I want to add some drop down options for some fields to limit the input. In normal html, I'd do something like:

<form name="MyFormExample" id="MyFormExample" method="post" action="">
  <select name="select">
    <option value="Option 1">Option 1</option>
    <option value="Option 2">Option 2</option>
  </select>
</form>

How can I do this using the existing fileInputBox function? If not, I'm assuming a custom function can be created to allow input in this manner, but I'm not sure of the code either way.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Simon

[Andrew_W_Peace]

It looks like you can just add that into the function...maybe create a new row or table cell for it. The problem, however, is finding where that form gets processed and adding the PHP to take care of it. Good luck!

[rincewind456]

Here's one I made earlier 🙂

function option_block($name,$select){
    print "<select name ='".$name."'>\n";
    foreach ($select as $label => $option){
        print "<option value='".$label."'>".$option."</option>\n";
    }
    print "</select>\n";
}

$name is the name of the input, $option is an array of the values to be displayed.

[SimonFinch]

rincewind456,

Your function has two parameters, but the original has five (although it seems that only the first 4 are used here. The first is a language define (the label for the field), the second, (and I'm guessing here...) is the field name and the third is the field to insert the value into. The fourth is the width of the field.

So for each field that I want to change, how would I set up the function? I'm assuming that the first part should follow the old format?, but what about the 2nd & 3rd parts?

$this->option_block(_MY_FIELD_LANGUAGE_INCLUDE,'myfieldname',$file->myfieldname,25);

Where do I need to set up the array for all of the values for each drop down list? In the part of the script that sets up the file details prior to upload, all of the fields are listed like:

$this->fileInputBox(_ROUTE_START_INFO,'routestartinfo',$file->routestartinfo,25); $this->SubHeadingLine(_SUBTITLE_BLANK, _LATLONGHEADSUP);
$this->fileInputBox(_LATITUDE_START,'latitudestart',$file->latitudestart,25);
$this->fileInputBox(_LONGITUDE_START,'longitudestart',$file->longitudestart,25)      $this->fileInputBox(_ROUTE_TYPE,'routetype',$file->routetype,10);

Thanks for this...

Simon

[rincewind456]

Well the width is auto, it expands or contracts to fit the longest word in the array, the field name which is the name you reference through $_POST is the first argument, the second argument is the array name. So if I was setting up a option box to pick monthes, to put into the database as numbers, iwould do it like this

<?php
// Option Block function
function option_block($name,$select){
    print "<select name ='".$name."'>\n";
    foreach ($select as $label => $option){
        print "<option value='".$label."'>".$option."</option>\n";
    }
    print "</select>\n";
}
//Month array

$month_number = array('01'=>'January',
'02'=>'February',
'03'=>'March',
'04'=>'April',
'05'=>'May',
'06'=>'June',
'07'=>'July',
'08'=>'August',
'09'=>'September',
'10'=>'October',
'11'=>'November',
'12'=>'December');

option_block('date_Month', $month_number);
?>

Which would give you HTML output like this

<select name ='date_Month'>
<option value='01'>January</option>
<option value='02'>February</option>
<option value='03'>March</option>
<option value='04'>April</option>
<option value='05'>May</option>
<option value='06'>June</option>
<option value='07'>July</option>
<option value='08'>August</option>
<option value='09'>September</option>
<option value='10'>October</option>
<option value='11'>November</option>
<option value='12'>December</option>
</select>