Dynamic Options with PHP

Fr Fredolino 27 Oct, 2025

I have a dropdown menu with dynamic data from a PHP code (load_arten).

Why is the dropdown menu empty?

Dropdown:

Data Source: {var:load_arten}

Value: {row:art_id}

Text: {row:artname}

Im Debugger (Info):

Array
(
    [load_arten] => Array
        (
            [returned] => [
    {
        "value": 7562,
        "text": "Abraxas grossulariata (LINNAEUS, 1758)"
    },
    {
        "value": 1000,
        "text": "Acanthopsyche atra (LINNAEUS, 1767)"
    },
. . .

PHP code (load_arten):

. . .
$options = [];
foreach ($rawOptions as $value => $text) {
    $options[] = ['value' => $value, 'text' => $text];
}
return json_encode($options, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
Max_admin Max_admin 27 Oct, 2025

You have the values returned as an array with "value" and "text" keys, so you can just use {row:value} for Value and {row:text} for Text

Does this work ?

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Fr Fredolino 27 Oct, 2025

I tried "{row:value} for Value and {row:text} for Text" but the dropdown remains empty.

Bildschirmfoto.jpg
Max_admin Max_admin 28 Oct, 2025

In the image you do not have that, and does the PHP run BEFORE the dropdown ?

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Max_admin Max_admin 28 Oct, 2025

The order is correct, try to return the array directly without json encoding, the json is needed for AJAX results only

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Fr Fredolino 28 Oct, 2025

I tried that first, and it didn't work.

$options = [];
foreach ($rawOptions as $value => $text) {
    $options[] = ['value' => $value, 'text' => $text];
}

debug:

Array
(
    [app_active_page] => -1
    [load_arten] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [value] => 7562
                    [text] => Abraxas grossulariata (LINNAEUS, 1758)
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [value] => 1000
                    [text] => Acanthopsyche atra (LINNAEUS, 1767)
                )
Max_admin Max_admin 28 Oct, 2025

Enter any string in Value & Text, like 1 and 2, do you get options list or the dropdown has no selections ?

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Fr Fredolino 28 Oct, 2025
<select name="dp_species" id="dp_species" class="noselection" data-menuclass="nui grid stackable horizontal columnx1" data-searchable="1">
    				<option value="0">Art auswählen</option>
							<option value=""></option>
							<option value=""></option>
							<option value=""></option>

			</select>
Max_admin Max_admin 28 Oct, 2025
Answer

Do you have {row:value} and {row:text} now ? because your screenshot does not have that

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Fr Fredolino 29 Oct, 2025

Aha, now I understand.

That was the solution. :-)It works.

Thank you very much!

Max_admin Max_admin 29 Oct, 2025

Great! :)

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