Jquery getJSON populate select menu question...
- by Scott
I am populating a select menu with getJSON. I am wondering if there's a way that I can use jQuery's .each function to bring in these values?
Surely there must be an easier way to accomplish this...maybe?
PHP file:
<?php
$queryMonth = "SELECT monthID, month FROM months";
$result = $db->query($queryMonth);
while($rowMonth = $db->fetch_assoc($result)) :
$data[] = $rowMonth;
endwhile;
echo json_encode($data);
?>
The jQuery:
$.getJSON('selectMenus.php', function(data){
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[0].monthID + ">" + data[0].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[1].monthID + ">" + data[1].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[2].monthID + ">" + data[2].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[3].monthID + ">" + data[3].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[4].monthID + ">" + data[4].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[5].monthID + ">" + data[5].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[6].monthID + ">" + data[6].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[7].monthID + ">" + data[7].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[8].monthID + ">" + data[8].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[9].monthID + ">" + data[9].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[10].monthID + ">" + data[10].month + "</option>");
$("select.month").append("<option value=" + data[11].monthID + ">" + data[11].month + "</option>");
});
my json output looks like this:
[{"monthID":"1","month":"January"},{"monthID":"2","month":"February"},{"monthID":"3","month":"March"},{"monthID":"4","month":"April"},{"monthID":"5","month":"May"},{"monthID":"6","month":"June"},{"monthID":"7","month":"July"},{"monthID":"8","month":"August"},{"monthID":"9","month":"Septemeber"},{"monthID":"10","month":"October"},{"monthID":"11","month":"November"},{"monthID":"12","month":"December"}]