How can PHP and JavaScript/JQuery be integrated to sort dropdown list options alphabetically?

To integrate PHP and JavaScript/JQuery to sort dropdown list options alphabetically, you can use PHP to dynamically generate the dropdown list options and then use JavaScript/JQuery to sort them alphabetically. This can be achieved by creating an array of options in PHP, encoding it into JSON format, and then using JavaScript/JQuery to sort the options alphabetically before populating the dropdown list. 

<select id="myDropdown">
<?php
$options = array("Option C", "Option A", "Option B");
sort($options); // Sort options alphabetically
foreach($options as $option){
    echo "<option value='$option'>$option</option>";
}
?>
</select>

<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    var options = <?php echo json_encode($options); ?>;
    options.sort(); // Sort options alphabetically
    $('#myDropdown').empty();
    $.each(options, function(index, value){
        $('#myDropdown').append('<option value="' + value + '">' + value + '</option>');
    });
});
</script>

Keywords

PHP JavaScript JQuery dropdown list sorting

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