Add to Select Box with PHP Loop

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June 21, 2017 at 10:44 PM #6141
birdsongcreative
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Can anyone help me figure out how to loop through some other custom post types and populate a select dropdown with values?

For example - if I wanted to associate Products with another post type by id - I would want to populate this with a custom loop.. is this even possible?
```
array(
'name'     => __( 'Select', 'rwmb' ),
'id'       => "{$prefix}select",
'type'     => 'select',
// Array of 'value' => 'Label' pairs for select box
'options'  => array(
	'value1' => __( 'Label1', 'rwmb' ),
	'value2' => __( 'Label2', 'rwmb' ),
),
// Select multiple values, optional. Default is false.
'multiple'    => false,
'std'         => 'value2',
'placeholder' => __( 'Select an Item', 'rwmb' ),
),
```
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June 22, 2017 at 9:11 AM #6144
Anh Tran
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Hello,

Do you want to get list of custom post types or list of posts of some custom post types?

In 1st case, you can use the function get_post_types() to get all the post types:
```
$options = array();
$post_types = get_post_types( array(
    'public'   => true,
    '_builtin' => false
), 'objects' );
foreach ( $post_types as $post_type ) {
    $options[$post_type->slug] = $post_type->name;
}
```
And in the select, just set 'options' => $options.

In the 2nd case, you can use the field type post and set 'post_type' => 'your_post_type', and all the posts will be populated in the select option. For more info, please check this guide.

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