[RESOLVED] array construct

[zzz]

I'd like to build an array that will store not only city names but also state. TGhe use this array to build a drop-down list of cities and when submitted by a form to be able to capture both city and state.

I was thinking something along these lines:

$locale= array(
"TX:Austin" => "Austin",
"IL:Chicago" => "Chicago",
"TX:Dallas" => "Dallas",
"TX:Houston" => "Houston",
"CA:Los Angeles" => "Los Angeles",
"CA:SanFrancisco" => "San Francisco");

So when it is submitted I need to get

$state = 'TX';
$city = 'Dallas';

However I'm not sure how to accomplish that... Any suggestions?

[laserlight]

I am not sure what are you asking for. Are you saying that the $locale variable is passed to some function that generates a drop down menu, and then the value of each option is the key of the corresponding $locale element, and then you're not sure how to separate the state from the city? If so, the answer would be to use [man]explode/man with ':' as the separator.

[zzz]

yep, this is exactly what I needed and yes, you're right again: I need explode()..