Lesson 17 - Form framework for PHP - ListBox and ComboBox

In the last lesson, Form framework for PHP - CheckBox and TextArea, we added the CheckBox and TextArea controls to our form framework. In today's tutorial, we'll add the ListBox and ComboBox controls.

ListBox

ListBox controls are absolutely essential to every form framework. They allow users to pick multiple options from a list. A ComboBox works in a similar way, however, the list is displayed as as expandable box so only one option can be selected. Since these two controls are very similar, we'll represent them both with the same class.

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In this tutorial, we'll add ListBox and ComboBox controls to our form framework for PHP. These are controls used to enter multiple values.

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