added the ability to have multiple selected items in form_dropdown()

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index e591eb74c..a67ea050d 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -221,18 +221,24 @@ function form_textarea($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
  * @param	string

  * @return	string

  */	

-function form_dropdown($name = '', $options = array(), $selected = '', $extra = '')

+function form_dropdown($name = '', $options = array(), $selected = array(), $extra = '')

 {

+	if ( ! is_array($selected))

+	{

+		$selected = array($selected);

+	}

+

 	if ($extra != '') $extra = ' '.$extra;

-		

-	$form = '<select name="'.$name.'"'.$extra.">\n";

+	$multiple = (count($selected > 1))?' multiple="multiple"':'';

+

+	$form = '<select name="'.$name.'"'.$extra.$multiple.">\n";

 	

 	foreach ($options as $key => $val)

 	{

 		$key = (string) $key;

 		$val = (string) $val;

 		

-		$sel = ($selected != $key) ? '' : ' selected="selected"';

+		$sel = (in_array($key, $selected))?' selected="selected"':'';

 		

 		$form .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.$sel.'>'.$val."</option>\n";

 	}