a simple solution

[vikrant_bhusal]

I need to populate a combo box built in html with a list of names kept in a text file "name.txt" using PHP.

I can find all complex Javascript and VB's population..but not a simple html/php combination...
Any references or suggestions ?

vikrant bhusal

[Installer]

function combo_from_file($file, $box_name)
{
    $arr = file($file);
    $str = '<select name="' . $box_name . '">';
    foreach ($arr as $val) {
        $val = trim($val);
        $str .= '<option value="' . $val . '">' . $val . '</option>';
    }
    return $str . '</select>';
}

echo combo_from_file('name.txt', 'my_combo');

[vikrant_bhusal]

thanks installer...that was a beautiful piece of code.... I am having problems.. with getting the field the option selected passed on to the next php page.
i am using form post and submit....and extract post

May be it needs more of my time..

thanks anyways