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[Jeff Slutz]

+1 to Joseph's approach.

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On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Joseph Crawford <codebowl at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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