how do I sort an array and loop it...

rickdeet

Hi there,

I'm a newbie and am trying to sort an array and then use it to populate a drop down form menu.

This array will contain names of companies that will be retrieved from a PostGreSQL database right before the form is displayed in order to make sure that any new companies are included in the drop down menu.

My first question is how do I sort a dynamically created/updated array?

My second question is: How do I use it to populate the drop down menu and make sure that if new companies are in the array, the are included.

Thank you very much for any help,

Rick

rickdeet

This is the code I'm trying to use. I get a parse error on line 16 of this snippet. What am I doing wrong???

<table width="95%" border="0"
cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td align="right"

class="text12"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" class="text12">Agency Name:</td>
<td>
<? sort($CustomerArray)

echo "<select name=AgencyName>"
foreach($CustomerArray as $opt){
echo "<option value=$opt>$opt";}
echo "</select>"
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" class="text12">First Name:</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="FirstName" value="<?echo $FirstName?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" class="text12">Last Name:</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="LastName" value="<?echo $LastName?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" class="text12">Password:</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="password" value=<?echo $password?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" class="text12" colspan="2">
<div align="center">
<p>
<input type="checkbox" name="new_user" value="checked">
I'm a new user</p>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Log In">
</p>
</form>

Anon

How about adding an "order by company_name" in your sql? 🙂

--Hasib

steved

Your parse error looks like it is being caused by your not ending any of the following lines with a semicolon

sort($CustomerArray)
echo "<select name=AgencyName>"
echo "</select>"