select-option angular, php and mysql

Question

I want to show data from database in the select-option (drop down) in my form

This is HTML code

<select ng-init="get_position()" class="form-control">
        <option ng-repeat="position in positionItems" value="">{{position.position_name}}</option>
</select>

This is controller (Angular)

$scope.get_position = function () {
    $http.get("/pooh/action.php?action=get_position").success(function (data) {
        $scope.positionItems = data;
        console.log("GET POSITION!!!");
    });
}

and this is PHP

/**  Function to Get Staff Position  **/

function get_position() {    
    $qry = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM `position`');
    $data = array();
    while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($qry)) {
        $data[] = array(
            "position_name" => $rows['name']
        );
    }
    print_r(json_encode($data));
    return json_encode($data);  
}

I understand that the mistake might be from the html code. How to binds controller to form in angular syntax?

Answer 1

?action=get_position will not call your php function unless you have some logic in your script to grab the $_GET variable, and even then, you still need to call your function.

Remove that, and call your function in the php script.

function get_position() {    
    $qry = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM `position`');
    $data = array();
    while($rows = mysql_fetch_array($qry))
    {
        $data[] = array(
                    "position_name" => $rows['name']
                    );
    }
    print_r(json_encode($data));
    return json_encode($data);  
}

// call your function
get_position();