function extractAndSave($comboName, $type = 1) { /* Extract and Save choices of the combo/option PARAM: # comboName - name of the combo/option within the web page # type - 1 for combo, 2 for option RESULT: # none */ $arrCombo = Combo::find('all', array('conditions' => array('nameCombo=? and levelCombo=1', $comboName))); if (count($arrCombo) == 0) { echo "! No such combobox named '{$comboName}' <br>"; return; } $combo = $arrCombo[0]; $combo_id = $combo->idcombo; // --1-- Found corresponding id of the combo named "$comboName" $arrChoices = array(); if ($type == 1) { $arrChoices = extractComboChoices($comboName); } else { $arrChoices = extractOptionChoices($comboName); } // --2-- extracted choice array from remote site Combochoice::table()->delete(array('comboidcombochoice' => $combo_id)); // --3-- cleaned up old choices data to avoid redundancy foreach ($arrChoices as $key => $text) { $objChoice = new Combochoice(); $objChoice->comboidcombochoice = $combo_id; $objChoice->textcombochoice = $text; $objChoice->valuecombochoice = $key; $objChoice->save(); } // --4-- saved extracted choice data into the database echo "### Successfully extracted choice information for "; echo $type == 1 ? "Combo" : "Option Group"; echo " named \"{$comboName}\" <br>"; }