Question

I have my index.php. I want to call a function in load_data.php which would return an array. I then want to load that array into a combox box on index.php. Can anyone help me get started on this? I’m brand new to php and trying to get my head around it.

Answer 1

You can use something similar to this:

load_data.php

function get_data() {
    // May be you want to load data from DB
    // This is just a hint
    return array('key1' => 'Value 1', 'key2' => 'Value 2');
}

And in your main file:

<select name="myselect">
    <?php
    include 'load_data.php';
    $data = get_data();
    foreach($data as $key => $value) {
        echo '<option value="'.$key.'">'.$value.'</option>';
    }
    ?>
</select>