Re: [fw-mvc] allow duplicate options in Zend_Form_Select

It would be nice if the view helper stored the selects value/label pairs as a nested array:

$this->_options = array(
    array(
        'value' => 'foo',
        'label' => 'Foo 1'
    ),
    array(
        'value' => 'foo',
        'label' => 'Foo 2'
    ),
    / etc. /
);

That would allow for what Yi Tang needs, and also allow for options with no value attribute by specifying null as the value. Of course any getters/setters would have to be modified to prevent breaking BC.

-Hector

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney <matthew@zend.com> wrote:

-- Yi Tang <ytang@mbira.com> wrote
(on Monday, 24 November 2008, 04:24 PM -0600):

> I'm trying to add some options with the same value but different texts
> to a Zend_Form_Select element, looks like Zend_Form_Select by default
> removes all duplicate options.  Is there anyway to get around this?

Not really. Both the view helper as well as the form element require you
to pass an associative array of key/value pairs to create the options --
and PHP's associative arrays require unique keys. The only way to get
around it would be to create a custom view helper or decorator that
generates the markup.

--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Software Architect       | matthew@zend.com
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