Question

This is the code in my view:

echo $this->Form->create('Chart');
echo $this->Form->input('username',
        array('label'=>('Usernames List'),
        'empty'=>('Select username'),
        'options'=>$usernames, 'selected'=>false));
echo $this->Form->input('month',
        array('label'=>('Month'),
        'empty'=>('Select month'),
        'options'=>$months, 'selected'=>false));?>
echo $this->Form->input('year',
        array('label'=>('Year'),
        'empty'=>(date('Y')),
        'options' => $years, 'selected'=>false));
echo $this->Form->end('Create Chart');

And in my controller I try to get the values from the above dropdownlists, this is my code:

if (!empty($this->data)) {
            $username = $this->data['Chart']['username'];
            $month = $this->data['Chart']['month'];
                        $year = $this->data['Chart']['year'];
        }

But what I get in $username, $month and $year variables is the index of the element in the dropdownlist, instead of the value. For example if I select 2012 in Year droddownlist I get ‘0’, but what I need is ‘2012’.

How can I get the value?

Answer 1

Use array_combine (doc here)

$usernames = array_combine($usernames, $usernames);
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