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Makes an dropDown (SELECT)

Makes an dropDown (SELECT)

<? 
/*  formDropDown  -  create  an  HTML  <SELECT> 
  *  vars:  $name  -  the  form  variable  NAME 
  *              $value  -  the  SELECTED  option 
  *              $labels  -  assoc.  array,  list  of  values=>labels 
  *  returns:  string,  HTML  (i.e.  for  use  in  echo  or  print  statement) 
  */ 
function  formDropDown($name,$value,$labels)  { 
        $html  =  "<SELECT  NAME=\"$name\">\n"; 
        $key  =  key($labels); 
        while($key  !=  "")  { 
                if  ($key  ==  $value)  { 
                        $selected  =  "SELECTED"; 
                }  else  { 
                        $selected  =  ""; 
                } 
                $html  .=  "<OPTION  VALUE=\"$key\"  $selected>$labels[$key]\n"; 
                next($labels); 
                $key  =  key($labels); 
        } 
        $html  .=  "</SELECT>\n"; 
        return  $html; 
}
?>