Question

What I want to create is a form with an select field. The items in the select
field are categories, I want to put them from the database into the form addMultiOptions.

Hope some one can help me.

With kind regards,

Nicky

Answer 1

If you use Zend_Db_Table_Abstract, and Zend Form, you could do this:

$result = $model->fetchAll()->toArray();
$options = array();

foreach ($result as $value) {
    $options[$value['id']] = $value['whatEver'];
}

$field = new Zend_Form_Element_Select();
$field->setMultiOptions($options);

Or from an Controller:

$model = new My_Model_WhatEver();
$result = $model->fetchAll()->toArray();
$options = array();

foreach ($result as $value) {
    $options[$value['id']] = $value['whatEver'];
}

$form = new My_Form_WhatEver();
$element = $form->getElement('whatEver');
$element->setMultiOptions($result);