how to make a list selected in my dropdownlist yii? - yii

Question

I get a list of email address from my query and i want the list to be selected by default in my form.How to achieve that? My code is
<div class="row col2">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'email_to'); ?>
<?php
foreach ($mailList as $eachValue){
$selectedOptions[$eachValue] = array('selected' => 'selected');
}
echo $form->dropDownList($model,'email_to',$mailList,array('class'=>'span4 chosen','maxlength'=>20,'multiple' => 'multiple','options'=>$selectedOptions,'readonly'=>true));
?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'email_to'); ?>
</div>
My $mailList contains only email address.

Answer 1

Your code is fine except the foreach loop:
foreach ($mailList as $eachValue){
$selectedOptions[$eachValue] = array('selected' => 'selected');
}
Assuming $mailList is an array like:
$mailList = array("a#a.com", "b#b.com", "c#c.com");
You have to preselect the value not the content of the option tag, so, modify your foreach something like:
foreach ($mailList as $optionKey=>$optionVal) {
if ($optionVal) {
$selectedOptions[$optionKey] = array('selected' => 'selected');
}
}
This will add the selected attribute to the array keys.