Populating "Month" Dropdown Menu

I can get the current month to display in a text box by inserting
value="<? print strftime("%B"); ?>"> into the code for that
particular text box on a form but how can I populate a drop down with
names of all the months with the current one being 'default' as it
would be in the text box example? TIA

cover wrote:
> I can get the current month to display in a text box by inserting
> value="<? print strftime("%B"); ?>"> into the code for that
> particular text box on a form but how can I populate a drop down with
> names of all the months with the current one being 'default' as it
> would be in the text box example? TIA

You want the following:

<select name="month">

<option <?php if (date("m")=="01") echo "selected" ?>value="01">Jan</option>

<option <?php if (date("m")=="02") echo "selected" ?>value="02">Feb</option>

... and so on...

</select>

Other tidier ways to do it using for loops too if you think about it.

cover wrote:
> I can get the current month to display in a text box by inserting
> value="<? print strftime("%B"); ?>"> into the code for that
> particular text box on a form but how can I populate a drop down with
> names of all the months with the current one being 'default' as it
> would be in the text box example? TIA

/**
* generates an HTML select element for the month
*
* @param string $name The name of the HTML field
* @param int $this_month=-1 The month number to have selected. If not
supplied, current month is used. If 0, no month is selected.
* @return string
*/
function get_html_select_month($name='',$this_month=-1){
if(empty($name)) $name='month';
if($this_month==-1) $this_month=date('n');
$months=range(1,12);
$str='<select name="'.$name.'">'."\n";
foreach($months as $month){
$str.=' <option value="'.$month.'"';
if($month==$this_month) $str.=' selected="selected"';
$str.='>'.date('F',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,2006)).'</option>'."\n";
}
$str.='</select>'."\n";
return $str;
}


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Justin Koivisto wrote:

> cover wrote:
>> names of all the months with the current one being 'default' as it
>> would be in the text box example? TIA
>
> /**
> * generates an HTML select element for the month
> *

Nice code.

C.

Colin McKinnon wrote:
> Justin Koivisto wrote:
>
>> cover wrote:
>>> names of all the months with the current one being 'default' as it
>>> would be in the text box example? TIA
>> /**
>> * generates an HTML select element for the month
>> *
>
> Nice code.

Thanks. One of these days I am going to search usenet for all the
functions that I have posted so that I can find them when I want them. ;)

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cover wrote:
> I can get the current month to display in a text box by inserting
> value="<? print strftime("%B"); ?>"> into the code for that
> particular text box on a form but how can I populate a drop down with
> names of all the months with the current one being 'default' as it
> would be in the text box example? TIA
>

$current_month = strftime("%B");
print "<select>\n";
for ($i = 1; $i < 13 && $m = strftime('%B', mktime(0,0,0,$i)); $i++) {
if ($m == $current_month) {
print "<option selected='selected'>$m</option>\n";
} else {
print "<option>$m</option>\n";
}
}
print "</select>";


JW

I have one where you can use labels in your own language:

http://www.finalwebsites.com/snippets.php?id=1

;-)

regards Olaf

finalwebsites.com wrote:
> I have one where you can use labels in your own language:
>
> http://www.finalwebsites.com/snippets.php?id=1
>
> ;-)
>

Just prepend:

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'nl_NL');

or any other available locale...


JW

finalwebsites.com wrote:
> I have one where you can use labels in your own language:
>
> http://www.finalwebsites.com/snippets.php?id=1
>
> ;-)

OK, so I modified my version to use setlocale and strftime and now mine
does the same. ;)

<?php
/**
* Generates an HTML select element for the month. Uses strftime, so
* obeys the current (or provided) locale. If no month is supplied,
* current month is used. If 0 is passed, no month is selected.
*
* @param string $name The name of the HTML field
* @param int $this_month=-1 The month number to have selected.
* @param mixed $locale=0 The locale(s) to use. 2nd parameter to setlocale
* @return string
*/
function get_html_select_month($name='',$this_month=-1,$locale=0){
if($locale!==0){
// get current locale setting
$curr_locale=setlocale(LC_TIME,0);

// set to the passed locale
if(!setlocale(LC_TIME,$locale)){
// unable to use that locale on this system
return FALSE;
}
}
if(empty($name)) $name='month';
if($this_month==-1) $this_month=date('n');
$months=range(1,12);
$str='<select name="'.$name.'">'."\n";
foreach($months as $month){
$str.=' <option value="'.$month.'"';
if($month==$this_month) $str.=' selected="selected"';
$str.='>'.strftime('%B',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,2006 )).'</option>'."\n";
}
$str.='</select>'."\n";
if($locale!==0){
setlocale(LC_TIME,0);
}
if(isset($curr_locale)){
// set the locale back.
if(!setlocale(LC_TIME,$curr_locale)){
// this should never happen!
return FALSE;
}
}
return $str;
}
?>


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