Question

How can I use a php array as the value of an HTML <option>?

e.g.

<select name='myname'>
  <option value=' array("font-family" => "font-family: 'Yeseva One', serif","font-name" => "Yeseva One","css-name" =>"Yeseva+One")'>
    Font 1
  </option>
  ...
</select>

Answer 1

It kind of depends on what you want to archive in the end. I’ve got 3 options for you:

1) Json is pretty flexible:

<option value="<?php json_encode($yourArray) ?>">Font 1</option

You can then later on convert Json back to an array with json_decode.

2) If you need the data for server client side scripting, it would probably be a better idea to use HTML5’s data attributes:

<option value="value1" data-fontname="Yeseva One" data-cssname="Yeseva+One">Font 1</option>

3) You can use hidden input fields, which will allow you to retrieve the values like $_POST[‘font1’][‘css_name’] ect. :

<input type="hidden" name="font1[font_name]" value="Yeseva One" />

You will obviously have to escape your values. But you get the idea.