Re: need help

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 3:45 AM, andy_the ultimate baker
<anandghaywankar567@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi, bakers
> i m working on one drop down list, i m getting all the values but the
> first option is coming blank. i want set this as "select state" with
> some value, like we used to in core php.
>  my view code is as fallows
>
>        <?php
>                echo $form-
>>select('state_code',array($newStates),null,array('id'=>'select_states'),false);
>                ?><br /><br /><?php
> //              echo $form-
>>select('id',array(),null,array('id'=>'select_cities'),false);
>
>        ?>
>        <div id='select_cities'></div>
>        </fieldset>
> </div>
>
> with this code when i see source view i get first option blank like
> bellow
>
> option value=""></option>
>
> <option value="Libya_general_list">Libya (general)</option>
> <option value="Baladiyat_al_`Aziziyah_list">Baladiyat al `Aziziyah</
> option>
> <option value="Baladiyat_al_Jufrah_list">Baladiyat al Jufrah</option>
>  can any one suggest me, how to make first option as "select
> something" in cake

The API documentation is still VERY confusing on this. The answer is
to include 'empty' => false in the array that is the 4th param.

echo select('name', $options, null, array('id'=>'select_states',
'empty' => false));

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