Check
boxes, Option buttons, Drop down List,
Text box and Text area can be generated inside
foreach/for/while loop. In case of every element except drop down list, there should be a counter which should be incremented every
time so that every element assigned unique key. For example: $tempNo is a variable/counter which is
incremented till data is coming from database tables / defined condition remains
true.
To generate checkbox dynamically 2-dimensional array should be used in name of the checkbox
$tempNo
= 1;
foreach(Array/object
coming from database as $i)
{
echo("<input
type='checkbox' name='checkAnswers[$tempNo][]' value='$object-value-1'
/>object-value/array-value-1");
echo("<input
type='checkbox' name='checkAnswers[$tempNo][]' value='$object-value-2'
/>object-value/array-value-2");
echo("<input
type='checkbox' name='checkAnswers[$tempNo][]' value='$object-value-3'
/>object-value/array-value-3");
$tempNo = $tempNo + 1;
}
and so on..
To generate Option/Radio Buttons dynamically 1-dimensional array should be used in name of the option/radio buttons
$tempNo = 1;
foreach(Array/object coming from database as $i)
{
echo("<input
type='radio' name='radioAnswer[$tempNo]' value='$object-value-1' />
object-value/array-value-1");
echo("<input
type='radio' name='radioAnswer[$tempNo]' value='$object-value-2' />
object-value/array-value-2");
echo("<input
type='radio' name='radioAnswer[$tempNo]' value='$object-value-3' />
object-value/array-value-3");
$tempNo
= $tempNo + 1;
}
and so on…
To generate Text Fields/Text Area dynamically 1-dimensional array should be used in name of the Text Fields/Text Area
$tempNo = 1;
foreach(Array/object coming from database as $i)
{
echo("<textarea
id='textarea' name='textanswerlarge[$tempNo]'></textarea>");
or
echo("<input
type='text' name='textAnswerSmall[$tempNo]' value='$object-value-1'>");
}
and so on..
To generate Drop Down List / <select><option> dynamically. <select> tag should be used outside the foreach or any other loop.
$output .= "\n<select
name='category' id='category'>";
foreach(Array/object
coming from database as $i)
{
$output .= "\n<option
value='$i'>$i</option>";
}
$output .=
"\n</select>";
To generate Drop Down List/<select><option> dynamically with pre-selected value.
$output .= "\n<select
name='category' id='category'>";
$output .= "\n<option value='0'
selected='selected'>----------Category-----------</option>";
foreach(Array/object
coming from database as $i)
{
if($i
=== Parameters
coming in functions)
//use === in condition in case of different
data types
//use == in condition in case of same data
types
{
$output .= "\n<option
value='$i' selected='selected'>$i</option>";
}
else
{
$output .= "\n<option
value='$i'>$i</option>";
}
}
$output .= "\n</select>";
