zend framework2 - Dynamically set SELECT attribute in zend2 -

what doing is, fetching list of companies database , passing form select element. created model file, returns array

//=== return array of $id => $name of companies use in dropdown in reports form public function gettotalresult($table, $type, $id) {         $this->table = $table;         $select = new select();         $spec = new  where();         $spec->equalto('status', 1);         if ($type == 'name') {             $spec->equalto('id', $id);         }         $select->from($this->table);          $select->where($spec);         $resultset = $this->selectwith($select);         //$resultset->buffer();         return $resultset;  } public function resultlist($table){     $results = $this->gettotalresult($table, '', '');     foreach ($results $result) {         $this->id[] = $result->id;         $this->name[] = $result->name;     }     $result = array_combine($this->id, $this->name);     return $result;  } 

then tested in controller, returned wanted:

use zend\mvc\controller\abstractactioncontroller; use zend\view\model\viewmodel; use spangellogin\model\register;          // <-- add import use spangellogin\model\companylist;          // <-- add import class registercontroller extends abstractactioncontroller { protected $registertable; protected $companylist;   public function getcompanylist() {     if (!$this->companylist) {         $sm = $this->getservicelocator();         $this->companylist = $sm->get('spangellogin\model\companylist');     }     return $this->companylist; }  public function indexaction() {     //== list of companies     $company_table = 'rs_company';     $sector_table = 'rs_sector';     $companieslist = $this->getcompanylist()->getname($company_table, 2);   } } 

so want companieslist array passed in form's select element. how can achieve that. here form in using select.

use zend\form\form; 

use zend\form\element;

class sectorreportform extends form {

public function __construct($name = null) {     // want ignore name passed     parent::__construct('sectorreport');     $companiesarray =  $this->companieslist();     $sectorsarray =  $this->sectorslist();      $this->setattribute('method', 'post');     $this->setattribute('enctype','multipart/form-data');      $this->add(array(              'type' => 'zend\form\element\select',                'name' => 'company',         'attributes' =>  array(             'id' => 'company',               'multiple' => true,                            'options' => $companiesarray,         ),         'options' => array(             'label' => 'company',         ),     ));         $this->add(array(         'name' => 'submit',         'attributes' => array(             'type'  => 'submit',             'value' => 'upload',             'id' => 'submitbutton',             'class' => 'button violet right'         ),     )); }   } 

from design-perspective, best approach handle via dependency-injection. sneaky little buzzword confuses people much, nothing more forward data between objects :p

general dependency-injection forms can seen looking @ following answer, blog article

• how data different model select?
• zend\form\element\select , database-values

if not want go approach, can handle @ controller level, too.

$form   = new my\form(); $select = $form->get('selectcountries');  $model    = new my\countries(); $listdata = $model->getcountriesasarray();  $select->setvalueoptions($listdata); 

i still advise go different approach ;) keeps controllers more clean, too, thing. separation of concern!