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ENUM Fields
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    If you have a field type "ENUM" in DB, use this function to make a combo-box with all allowed values

    By : Pancho

    <?
    function DrawComboFromEnum($table,$field)
    {
    //connect to DB;
    $query=mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM ".$table." LIKE '".$field."'") or die (mysql_error());
    if(mysql_num_rows($query)>0)
    {
    $row=mysql_fetch_row($query);
    $options=explode("','",preg_replace("/(enum|set)\('(.+?)'\)/","\\2",$row[1]));
    }
    for ($i=0;$i<count($options);$i++)
    {
    $items.="<option value=\"".$options[$i]."\">".ucfirst($options[$i])."</option>\n";
    }
    $text="\n\n<select>\n";
    $text.=$items;
    $text.="</select>\n\n";
    return "items<hr>".$text;
    }
    ?>
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