Yii CHtml::dropDownList. Same value under different labels - yii

Question

CHtml::dropDownList('name','select',$listData,$htmlOptions);
Everything is OK until I faced one issue. I've got an array, which looks like this:
array(
array('ua', 'Ukraine', '380'),
array('ru', 'Russia', '7'),
...
array('kz', 'Kazakhstan', '7'),
);
$listData is an array of (value=>label). First I walked through array and made (code=>country) array as $listData. But I found that different countries may have the same code. I can use first "two letter geo" as key, and $listData will be an unique array.
And what if I need the same value but under different labels?
It seems that the only Yii solution is to concatenate labels under one key(value).
Or use pure html and echo each option separate.

Answer 1

I think the sensible way to do this is with a new model, with a new id (INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT), and hold the data in separate fields (country, geo, code.)
Create your listdata to be an array using only the new id and the country so the array looks something like this:
array( 0=>'Ukraine', 1=>'Russia', 2=>'Kazakhstan' );
This way you will only send the id, and figure out the data (geo, code, country) on the receiver side.
But I must ask about this:
It seems that the only Yii solution is to concatenate labels under one key(value).
How do you want a option-tag to look like exactly?
<option value="ua" code="380">Ukraine</option> // Like this?
Then you should set htmlOptions similar to this:
array(
'ua'=>array('code'=>'380'),
'ru'=>array('code'=>'7'),
...
);