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PHP & Html time and date
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:46 am
by peterx
Hi!
I am looking for code (HTML & PHP)with a drop down menu allowing users to pick the date, month and the year.
peter
Re: PHP & Html time and date
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:53 pm
by klevis miho
The html part:
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<form action="" method="post>
<select name="day">
<option>day1</option>
<option>day2</option>
</select>
<select name="month">
<option>month1</option>
<option>month2</option>
</select>
<select name="year">
<option>year1</option>
<option>year2</option>
</select>
</form>
and the php...
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<?php
$day = $_POST['day'];
$month = $_POST['month'];
$year = $_POST['year'];
?>
Re: PHP & Html time and date
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:12 pm
by xjake88x
One good way to list the options in the boxes would be something like this
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<select name="month">
<? for($month = 1; $month <= 12; $month++): ?>
<option value="<?=$month?>"><?=$month?></option>
<? endfor; ?>
</select>
/
<select name="day">
<? for($day = 1; $day <= 31; $day++): ?>
<option value="<?=$day?>"><?=$day?></option>
<? endfor; ?>
</select>
/
<select name="year">
<? for($year = 1940; $year <= 2010; $year++): ?>
<option value="<?=$year?>"><?=$year?></option>
<? endfor; ?>
</select>
Which will output this:
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<select name="month">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
</select>
/
<select name="day">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
/
<select name="year">
<option value="1940">1940</option>
<option value="1941">1941</option>
<option value="1942">1942</option>
<option value="1943">1943</option>
<option value="1944">1944</option>
<option value="1945">1945</option>
<option value="1946">1946</option>
<option value="1947">1947</option>
<option value="1948">1948</option>
<option value="1949">1949</option>
<option value="1950">1950</option>
<option value="1951">1951</option>
<option value="1952">1952</option>
<option value="1953">1953</option>
<option value="1954">1954</option>
<option value="1955">1955</option>
<option value="1956">1956</option>
<option value="1957">1957</option>
<option value="1958">1958</option>
<option value="1959">1959</option>
<option value="1960">1960</option>
<option value="1961">1961</option>
<option value="1962">1962</option>
<option value="1963">1963</option>
<option value="1964">1964</option>
<option value="1965">1965</option>
<option value="1966">1966</option>
<option value="1967">1967</option>
<option value="1968">1968</option>
<option value="1969">1969</option>
<option value="1970">1970</option>
<option value="1971">1971</option>
<option value="1972">1972</option>
<option value="1973">1973</option>
<option value="1974">1974</option>
<option value="1975">1975</option>
<option value="1976">1976</option>
<option value="1977">1977</option>
<option value="1978">1978</option>
<option value="1979">1979</option>
<option value="1980">1980</option>
<option value="1981">1981</option>
<option value="1982">1982</option>
<option value="1983">1983</option>
<option value="1984">1984</option>
<option value="1985">1985</option>
<option value="1986">1986</option>
<option value="1987">1987</option>
<option value="1988">1988</option>
<option value="1989">1989</option>
<option value="1990">1990</option>
<option value="1991">1991</option>
<option value="1992">1992</option>
<option value="1993">1993</option>
<option value="1994">1994</option>
<option value="1995">1995</option>
<option value="1996">1996</option>
<option value="1997">1997</option>
<option value="1998">1998</option>
<option value="1999">1999</option>
<option value="2000">2000</option>
<option value="2001">2001</option>
<option value="2002">2002</option>
<option value="2003">2003</option>
<option value="2004">2004</option>
<option value="2005">2005</option>
<option value="2006">2006</option>
<option value="2007">2007</option>
<option value="2008">2008</option>
<option value="2009">2009</option>
<option value="2010">2010</option>
</select>
Re: PHP & Html time and date
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:54 pm
by klevis miho
Yeah xjake88x reply is more complete

Re: PHP & Html time and date
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:48 am
by peterx
Hi!
Thank you for your help klevis miho & xjake88x.
peter