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Description

Generates an HTML select list

Syntax

genericlist($arr, $name, $attribs=null, $key= 'value', $text= 'text', $selected=NULL, $idtag=false, $translate=false)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$arr		An array of objects
$name		The value of the HTML name attribute
$attribs	null	Additional HTML attributes for the <select> tag
$key	'value'	The name of the object variable for the option value
$text	'text'	The name of the object variable for the option text
$selected	NULL	The key that is selected (accepts an array or a string)
$idtag	false
$translate	false

Returns

string HTML for the select list

Defined in

libraries/joomla/html/html/select.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.html.html.select' );

Source Body

function genericlist( $arr, $name, $attribs = null, $key = 'value', $text = 'text', $selected = NULL, $idtag = false, $translate = false )
{
        if ( is_array( $arr ) ) {
                reset( $arr );
        }

        if (is_array($attribs)) {
                $attribs = JArrayHelper::toString($attribs);
         }

        $id = $name;

        if ( $idtag ) {
                $id = $idtag;
        }

        $id             = str_replace('[','',$id);
        $id             = str_replace(']','',$id);

        $html   = '<select name="'. $name .'" id="'. $id .'" '. $attribs .'>';
        $html   .= JHTMLSelect::Options( $arr, $key, $text, $selected, $translate );
        $html   .= '</select>';

        return $html;
}

Examples

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