Fill Drop Down Select With Xhtml::tag

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Hi,

I have a question, I am wondering if it is possible to fill in options of a drop down box using CHtml::tag . ? Normally with autocomplete you call an URL which will be handled off in the controller as per example below: The jquery will fetch the json data and fill the select options.

It is possible to use instead of json to use chtml:tag ? if so, how would i be able to do so?




                echo CHtml::tag('select',

                           array('id' => 'names',  'value'=>$value),CHtml::encode($name),true);

controller code:




        public function actionAutocompleteTest2() {

                $res =array();

                 

                if (isset($_GET['term'])) {


                    

                $criteria = new CDbCriteria();

                $criteria->condition = 'location LIKE :searchterm';

                $criteria->params = array(':searchterm'=>'%'. $_GET['term'] . '%');

                $res2 = Photos::model()->findAll($criteria);

                //$res = CHtml::listDate($res2);

                $res = CHtml::listData($res2, 'id', 'location');

                //Kint::dump($res);


                echo CJSON::encode($res);

                Yii::app()->end();


            }