i dont know how to express it better, but i think my coding show reveal my problem.. am trying to get a select tag list of values from a foreach loop and convert them to an array then pass it using a form post action, i got stuck retrieving the select tag value array from the loop.. heres my code
<form method="post" action="<?php echo base_url();?>index.php?admin/manage_attendance/
<?php
//STUDENTS ATTENDANCE
foreach($students as $row)
{
?>
<select name="status" class="form-control" style="width:100px; float:left;">
<option value="0" <?php if($status == 0)echo 'selected="selected"';?>></option>
<option value="1" <?php if($status == 1)echo 'selected="selected"';?>>Present</option>
<option value="2" <?php if($status == 2)echo 'selected="selected"';?>>Absent</option>
</select>
<?php
}
?>
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-default" value="save" style="float:left; margin:0px 10px;">
</form>