NOTE: Only the option tags are returned, you have to wrap this call in a regular HTML select tag.

last (such as a two-element array), the "lasts" serve as option values and the "firsts" as option text. Arrays are turned into this form automatically, so the keys become "firsts" and values become lasts. If +selected+ is specified, the matching "last" or element will get the selected option-tag. +Selected+ may also be an array of values to be selected when using a multiple select.

Examples (call, result): $form_options_helper->options_for_select(array('Dollar'=>'$', 'Kroner'=>'DKK')); <option value="$">Dollar</option><option value="DKK">Kroner</option>

$form_options_helper->options_for_select(array('VISA', 'MasterCard'), 'MasterCard'); <option value="VISA">VISA</option><option selected="selected" value="MasterCard">MasterCard</option>

$form_options_helper->options_for_select(array('Basic'=>'$20','Plus'=>'$40'), '$40'); <option value="$20">Basic</option><option selected="selected" value="$40">Plus</option>

$form_options_helper->options_for_select(array('VISA','MasterCard','Discover'), array('VISA','Discover')); <option selected="selected" value="VISA">VISA</option> <option value="MasterCard">MasterCard</option> <option selected="selected" value="Discover">Discover</option>

NOTE: Only the option tags are returned, you have to wrap this call in a regular HTML select tag.

If +$selected_value+ is specified, the element returning a match on +value_column_name+ will get the selected option tag.

Example (call, result). Imagine a loop iterating over each +person+ in <tt>$Project->People</tt> to generate an input tag: $form_options_helper->options_from_collection_for_select($Project->People,'id','name'); <option value="{$Person->id}">{$Person->name}</option>

NOTE: Only the option tags are returned, you have to wrap this call in a regular HTML select tag.

An array of group objects are passed. Each group should return an array of options when calling group_method Each group should return its name when calling group_label_method.

$form_options_helper->option_groups_from_collection_for_select($continents, 'getCountries', 'getContinentName', 'getCountryId', 'getCountryName', $selected_country->id);

Could become: <optgroup label="Africa"> <option value="EGP">Egipt</option> <option value="RWD">Rwanda</option> .... </optgroup>

<optgroup label="Asia"> <option value="ZHN">China</option> <option value="IND">India</option> <option selected="selected" value="JPN">Japan</option> ..... </optgroup>

with objects of the following classes: class Continent{ function Continent($p_name, $p_countries){ $this->continent_name = $p_name; $this->countries = $p_countries;} function getContinentName(){ return $this->continent_name; } function getCountries(){ return $this->countries; } } class Country { function Country($id, $name){ $this->id = $id; $this->name = $name; } function getCountryId(){ return $this->id; } function getCountryName(){ return $this->name;} }

NOTE: Only the option tags are returned, you have to wrap this call in a regular HTML select tag.

The option currently held by the object will be selected, provided that the object is available. See options_for_select for the required format of the choices parameter.

Example with $Post->person_id => 1: $form_options_helper->select('post', 'person_id', $Person->collect($Person->find(), 'name', 'id'), array(), array('include_blank'=>true));

could become:

<select name="post[person_id]"> <option></option> <option value="1" selected="selected">David</option> <option value="2">Sam</option> <option value="3">Tobias</option> </select>

This can be used to provide a default set of options in the standard way: before rendering the create form, a new model instance is assigned the default options and bound to $this->model_name. Usually this model is not saved to the database. Instead, a second model object is created when the create request is received. This allows the user to submit a form page more than once with the expected results of creating multiple records. In addition, this allows a single partial to be used to generate form inputs for both edit and create forms.

By default, $post.person_id is the selected option. Specify 'selected' => value to use a different selection or 'selected' => null to leave all options unselected.

world. Supply a TimeZone name as +selected+ to have it marked as the selected option tag. You can also supply an array of TimeZones as +$priority_zones+, so that they will be listed above the rest of the (long) list.

The +selected+ parameter must be either +null+, or a string that names a TimeZone.

By default, +model+ is an AkTimeZone instance. The only requirement is that the +model+ parameter be an object that responds to #all, and returns an object with a toString() method and the TimeZone name provided by a 'name' attribute

For a list of supported timezones see: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

NOTE: Only the option tags are returned, you have to wrap this call in a regular HTML select tag.

In addition to the <tt>include_blank</tt> option documented above, this method also supports a <tt>model</tt> option, which defaults to TimeZone. This may be used by users to specify a different time zone model object. (See #time_zone_options_for_select for more information.)