Question

is there a built-in helper that creates a drop-down/select of numbers from start to end
like 1 to 50

<select>
  <option value='1'>1</option>
  <option value='2'>2</option>
  <option value='3'>3</option>
  <option value='4'>4</option>
  <option value='5'>5</option>
</select>

I dont want to create a custom helper or use for loop

Answer 1

Just do:

$this->Form->input('numbers', array('type' => 'select', 'options' => range(0, 50)));

if you need fomething more complicated like like number starting from 5 or so do:

$options = range(5, 20);
$this->Form->input('numbers', array('type' => 'select', 'options' => array_combine($options, $options)));