Using jQuery, JSON and AJAX to populate a drop down

Question

like the title says, I am trying to create a drop down menu using jQuery, JSON and AJAX, although I am familiar with the theory I have yet to put it into practice, any advice, d

Answer 1

This should do the trick:

$.getJSON("test.php", function(data){
  $.each(data, function(index, text) {
    $('#mySelect').append(
        $('').val(index).html(text)
    );
  });
});

note: test.php should return an json encoded array