foreach loop doesn't populate select options

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I've been struggling with this for at least an hour to no avail. I'm sure the answer is simple, but I can't figure it out. The foreach loop is what I'm trying to accomplish, but it doesn't work. The for loop works and renders fine. Please help! - Jon

<div class="td"><select name="vehYear">
    <?php
    foreach ($veh_year_array as $item)
    {?>
        <option value="<?php echo $item;?>"><?php echo $item;?></option>
    <?php}
    ?>

    <?php
    for ($i = date('Y'); $i > 1950; $i--) {
        echo "<option>$i</option>";
    }
    ?>
</select></div>

are you sure the $veh_year_array is populated? maybe try pasting the output of var_dump($veh_year_array)? — chizou
– chizou, Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 23:29
@starnzd - If you're doing an edit, it's OK to reformat the OP's code (add/remove line feeds and indentions to make it more readable), but it's not OK to change the original code (changing the actual syntax). — M. Eriksson
– M. Eriksson, Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 23:37

Balloon Fight · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-18 23:57:22Z

1

I tested your code and it seems your error is the curly bracket }. In my environment I received an

invalid argument error

when pasting your original code. You want to be very careful in PHP since it is a sensitive language.

So exchange this

<?php}?>

to this

<?php }?>

Your code should then execute

<?php
$veh_year_array =array("Tomato", "Apple", "Orange");

  foreach ($veh_year_array as $item)
    {?>
        <option value="<?php echo $item;?>"><?php echo $item;?></option>
    <?php }?>

    <?php
    for ($i = date('Y'); $i > 1950; $i--) {
        echo "<option>$i</option>";
    }
    ?>

answered Sep 18, 2017 at 23:57

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user6761804 Over a year ago

@Baloon Fight. You're exactly right. I wouldn't have imagined such a small thing would make a huge difference. :-/ Cheers. Jonathan

user6761804 Over a year ago

Also, what environment are you using? I'm using intellij and there were no "invalid argument" errors thrown.

Balloon Fight Over a year ago

@StackBoy : I'm using Netbeans latest version. Make sure you test with ini_set('display_errors', 1); ini_set('log_errors',1); error_reporting(E_ALL); this will catch every PHP errors. Also if you use Mysqli use this mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT); Place those pieces of code first thing on every PHP page. Cheers

user6761804 Over a year ago

Okay I'll try to incorporate the functions you included to catch PHP errors.

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