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Asked: 2026-06-08T12:40:16+00:00

I am a newbie to Zend Framework and I am trying to making a

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I am a newbie to Zend Framework and I am trying to making a Form using Zend Form. In that Form I want cascading drop downs of country, state and city. I have filled country’s drop down from database but I have no idea how do I fill state’s drop down by getting the country id.

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  1. Editorial Team

    To dynamically load countries you should use it the way you did:

    I have done this previously with standard php and jquery

    And here is nothing to do with Zend_Form. You should have a JSON service (for e.g.) that will accept CountryID and will return all states available.

    For this purpose you should connect jQuery library in your <head> section.

    $this->view->headScript()->appendFile('/js/jquery-1.7.3.js'); // In your Controller

    Add you jQuery script to your template which will handle all events like this:

    $_form->inlineScript()->appendScript(' // my raw JS here');

    or

    $_form->inlineScript()->appendFile('js/dynamicCountry.js'); // if you want to keep it in separate file

    And here you are, nothing to do with Zend_From except assigning correct elements ID‘s, classes or names.

    And for your service you can do smth. similar. Suppose URL http://localhost/mysite/service/states/country/AT

    /**
 * In your Service controller disable rendering for your layout and views
 */
public function preDispatch() {
        $this->_helper->layout()->disableLayout(); // if you have `layout` enabled
        $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true);
    }

    and … welcome

    public function statesAction() {

    $request = $this->getRequest();

    /**
     * Country code transmitted through the parameter
     * @var string
     */
    $country = $request->getParam('country');

        // you are free to do whatever you want and return JSON (for e.g.)
}
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