I have a string with values (which are suburbs) like so:
$suburbs = "Mawson, Elizabeth, Burnside, Elizbeth, Mawson";
There COULD be double ups in the suburbs that the string contains. I can't change this fact.
What I am trying to do is create an option list for a drop down menu that a user will use. I do not want to display the same suburb twice( or more for that matter).
What I have so far:
$suburbs = "Mawson, Elizabeth, Burnside, Elizbeth, Mawson";
//Explode the suburbs string delimited by a comma
$boom = explode(',', $suburbs);
foreach($boom as $b)
{
$suburbOptionList .= '<option value='.$b.'>'.$b.'</option>';
}
?>
<select> <?php
echo $suburbOptionList;
?>
</select>
I know that this will simply display all of the options but I really don't know how to display each suburb only once. Ive tried a few foreach,and if combinations but they look ugly and work just as bad.
Any help would be appreciated. Cheers in advance!