Try Zend Framework vol.3 "Extends Zend_View_Helper_Select"

Zend Framwrok has some useful helpers.
One of them is "Zend_View_Helper_Select".
Using it, you may set arguments like this.

controller/views/scripts/hoge/index.phtml

<?= $this->formSelect('hoge', null, null, array(''=>'', 'foo'=>'foo', 'bar'=>'bar')) ?>

You may not want to set blank as the default of options.

So, I extends Zend_View_Helper_FormSelect and add an argument to set default options.
library/Hoge/View/Helper/FormSelect.php

<php
require_once 'Zend/View/Helper/FormSelect.php';

class Hoge_View_Helper_FormSelect extends Zend_View_Helper_FormSelect
{
public function formSelect($name, $value = null, $attribs = null,
 $options = null, $default_options = null, $listsep = "<br />\n")
  {
    $options = (is_array($default_options)) ? array_merge($default_options, $options) : $options;
    return parent::formSelect($name, $value, $attribs, $options, $listsep);
  }
}

It's just added argument for setting default options.
But, be careful it changes the number of arguments and changed order. :>

To use it.

<?= $this->formSelect('hoge', null, null, array('foo'=>'foo', 'bar'=>'bar'), array('' => '')) ?>

Simple right? :p
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