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[Joseph Crawford]

I would personally store any form options in a database table, I would have
a form table and then a form_options table and get all options by form id.

Thanks,
Joseph Crawford

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Anthony Wlodarski <ant92083 at gmail.com>wrote:

> When building lots of forms, irrespective of form size or complexity if
> you need to store options where do you do it?  I have seen many examples
> but I guess this boils down to what is a best practice? The way things are
> currently done is that all form options are stored in a static array in the
> ecosystem and then called upon when the form needs to be built.
>
> For example, we ask users to select their Ethnicity when filling out one
> of our forms.  This includes the values: Prefer not to say, African
> American, Asian, White, East Indian, Hispanic / Latino, Middle Eastern,
> Native American, Other.  Where would you store these options?
>
> Is this a matter of personal preference or is there a best practice I
> missed over the years?
>
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