Codeigniter form_helper getting database rows to be values in select menu

Question

I am writing a form, which has a select menu in it, I want the values to pulled from the database, so I thought it would be something along these lines:

My view

Answer 1

In your view, you can add foreach there instead of in Model.

result_array() as $row){
   $data[$row['id']]=$row['name'];
   echo form_dropdown('categories', $row);
   }
   echo form_submit('category_submit', 'Submit');
   echo form_fieldset_close();
   echo form_close();
?>

Not tested.