RE: [PEAR-DEV] Re: HTML_Select

> I would have suggested something like XML with serialized caching for > storing the data, then just use the config class (can it handle > serialized caching of xml parses?) + the existing HTML_Select. to > display it. I haven't looked at HTML_Select but unless it will support related selects XML seems like overkill for handling lists of data. Plus, data like this is commonly available in CSV or TSV format already and would have to be massaged into XML before it could be used. With country/state/province data I use DB and my QuerySim driver (http://bombusbee.com/downloads.main.htm). In fact the technique is briefly described in my article here (http://www.databasejournal.com/features/php/article.php/108 98_1470251_5). The example shows the data inline with the code but QuerySim can also read external files. With the data stored in comma (or whatever) delimited files it is totally separate from your code. -Alan