Question

What I’m interested in doing is creating a range of numeral values for an html drop down menu, ranging from 18 to 75. My client is asking that between the numbers 29 and 30, I interrupt the range with the value ‘Choose’, which would be the default option.

I don’t see this as necessary, but I thought I’d play around and see if it’s even possible. The range is already created, so now I’ve got to find a way to reliably insert ‘Choose’ into the middle of it. I’ve tried a few things based on google searches and comments in the function’s manual, so now I’m turning to stack. Thanks for any advice!

edit: Here is the code…

<?php
$age = range(18, 75);
echo ( '<select class="dropdown nextPanel" name="age">' );
    foreach ($age as $option){
        echo ( "<option value='".$option."'>".$option."</option>" );
    }
echo ( '</select>' );
?>

Another edit: Crap, I suppose I’m trying to interrupt a foreach.

Answer 1

So you’ve got the range (using range(18, 75)?) and want to insert Choose between 29 and 30?

$pos = array_search(29, $range); // returns the index of 29
array_splice($range, $pos+1, 0, array('Choose'));

That will insert ‘Choose’ right after the value 29 in $range.

If you want to do it only when it’s being printed, you can look at ehudokai’s answer for a start.

EDIT: If all you want to do is insert the ‘Choose’ option after option number 29, and set it as the default option in a select:

foreach($range as $v) {
    if($v == 30) {
        echo "<option value='choose' selected='selected'>Choose</option>";
    }
    echo "<option value='$v'>$v</option>";
}

This way it will still print out the regular options, but when it encounters option 30, it will first print out the default choose option, and mark it as selected.