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Add Blank Option to Dropdown
So, you have an array of data prepared for the form_dropdown() helper, but you want to add a blank option at the top.
Usage is $data = add_blank_option($array, ‘Choose’);
function add_blank_option($options, $blank_option = '')
{
if (is_array($options) && is_string($blank_option))
{
if (empty($blank_option))
{
$blank_option = array( NULL => '--');
}
else
{
$blank_option = array( NULL => $blank_option);
}
$options = $blank_option + $options;
return $options;
}
else
{
show_error("Wrong options array passed");
}
}
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