[TYPO3-mvc] Displaying a model property of type 'select' as form field using Extbase and Fluid

[Nathan Lenz]

Thomas,
I made something like this work by creating a service. This service is
sort of like a static, read-only repository that is used to manage my
list of units.  It will also do other things related to units, like
conversion.

Tx_MyExt_Domain_Service_UnitService->getStandardUnits()

Then in my action method in the controller:

$this->view->assign('standardUnits',$unitService->getStandardUnits());

Then in the Template:

<f:form.select property="unit" options="{standardUnits}"
optionValueField="id" optionLabelField="name"></f:form.select>

Hope this helps,
--Nathan