add disabled (and selected) option to select item with form helper - cakephp

Question

hi
I'm trying to add a disabled option to a select box with the form helper I use this code to generate an extra empty field, but I want this field disabled.
echo $this->Form->input('User.usertype_id',array('type'=>'select', 'empty'=>'usertype');
this generates:
<div class="input select">
<label for="UserUsertypeId">Usertype</label>
<select name="data[User][usertype_id]" id="UserUsertypeId">
<option value="">usertype</option>
<option value="1">athlete</option>
<option value="2">trainer</option>
</select>
</div>
but I want this:
<div class="input select">
<label for="UserUsertypeId">Usertype</label>
<select name="data[User][usertype_id]" id="UserUsertypeId">
<option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">usertype</option>
<option value="1">athlete</option>
<option value="2">trainer</option>
</select>
</div>
Is there any way to do this simply, or should I just use some js?

Answer 1

If you know the options in advance, you can build the $options array to use in the select menu. This should give you exactly what you want:
$options = array(
array(
'name' => 'usertype',
'value' => '',
'disabled' => TRUE,
'selected' => TRUE
),
'athlete',
'trainer'
);
echo $this->Form->input('User.usertype_id', array('type' => 'select', 'options' => $options));
Or possibly this might work, but I haven't tested it either:
echo $this->Form->input('User.usertype_id', array('type' => 'select', 'empty'=> array('text' => 'usertype', 'selected' => TRUE, 'disabled' => FALSE)));

Answer 2

I know this question was last updated in 2010, but I have the actual answer.
Look at the example from the CakePHP docs:
$options = array(
'Value 1' => 'Label 1',
'Value 2' => 'Label 2'
);
echo $this->Form->select('Model.field', $options, array(
'multiple' => 'checkbox',
'disabled' => array('Value 1')
));
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/form.html#FormHelper::select

Answer 3

Try this one!!
$operations = [
'' => 'Select Operation',
'query' => 'Query',
'create' => 'Create',
'update' => 'Update',
'upsert' => 'Upsert',
'delete' => 'Delete'
];
echo $this->Form->input('operation[]',[
'type' => 'select',
'options' => $operations,
'class' => 'operation-class',
'id' => 'operation-id-1',
'required' => 'required',
'label' => false,
'disabled' => [''],
'value' => ''
]);

Answer 4

mhmm looks like it isn't possible to add some codeblocks to a comment
so, both of your options generated:
<select name="data[User][usertype_id]" id="UserUsertypeId">
<option value="text">usertype</option>
<option value="selected">1</option>
<option value="disabled"></option>
<option value="1">athlete</option>
<option value="2">trainer</option>
</select>
so this didn't work, but I did it this way:
echo $this->Form->input('User.usertype_id', array('type' => 'select', 'empty'=> array('text" disabled="disabled" selected="selected' => '')));
this generates an option with the value: (" disabled="disabled" selected="selected)
so it becomes:
...
<option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected"></option>
...
this is a temporary solution, until I find something better, suggestions are welcome!

Answer 5

I merge the solution of Weptunus and stevelove.
In the controller:
$examples = $this->Test->Examples->find('list');
$this->set('examples', $examples);
In the view
echo $this->Form->input('example_id', array('empty' => array(
'' => array(
'name' => __('Select an Example'),
'value' => '',
'disabled' => TRUE,
'selected' => TRUE
)
))
);

Answer 6

i found this success in cake 1.3
<?php echo $this->Form->input('example', array('type' => 'select','id' => 'id','options' => array('empty "disabled="disabled" selected="selected"' => 'name empty', 'val1' => 'text1', 'val2' => 'text2')); ?>