html_select_date

Attribute Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
prefix	string	No	Date_	what to prefix the var name with
time	timestamp/YYYY-MM-DD	No	current time in unix timestamp or YYYY-MM-DD format	what date/time to use
start_year	string	No	current year	the first year in the dropdown, either year number, or relative to current year (+/- N)
end_year	string	No	same as start_year	the last year in the dropdown, either year number, or relative to current year (+/- N)
display_days	boolean	No	true	whether to display days or not
display_months	boolean	No	true	whether to display months or not
display_years	boolean	No	true	whether to display years or not
month_format	string	No	%B	what format the month should be in (strftime)
day_format	string	No	%02d	what format the day output should be in (sprintf)
day_value_format	string	No	%d	what format the day value should be in (sprintf)
year_as_text	boolean	No	false	whether or not to display the year as text
reverse_years	boolean	No	false	display years in reverse order
field_array	string	No	null	if a name is given, the select boxes will be drawn such that the results will be returned to PHP in the form of name[Day], name[Year], name[Month].
day_size	string	No	null	adds size attribute to select tag if given
month_size	string	No	null	adds size attribute to select tag if given
year_size	string	No	null	adds size attribute to select tag if given
all_extra	string	No	null	adds extra attributes to all select/input tags if given
day_extra	string	No	null	adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given
month_extra	string	No	null	adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given
year_extra	string	No	null	adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given
field_order	string	No	MDY	the order in which to display the fields
field_separator	string	No	\n	string printed between different fields
month_value_format	string	No	%m	strftime format of the month values, default is %m for month numbers.

html_select_date is a custom function that creates date dropdowns for you. It can display any or all of year, month, and day.

Example 8-10. html_select_date

{html_select_date}


OUTPUT:

<select name="Date_Month">
<option value="1">January</option>
<option value="2">February</option>
<option value="3">March</option>
<option value="4">April</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">June</option>
<option value="7">July</option>
<option value="8">August</option>
<option value="9">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12" selected>December</option>
</select>
<select name="Date_Day">
<option value="1">01</option>
<option value="2">02</option>
<option value="3">03</option>
<option value="4">04</option>
<option value="5">05</option>
<option value="6">06</option>
<option value="7">07</option>
<option value="8">08</option>
<option value="9">09</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13" selected>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="Date_Year">
<option value="2001" selected>2001</option>
</select>

Example 8-11. html_select_date

{* start and end year can be relative to current year *}
{html_select_date prefix="StartDate" time=$time start_year="-5" end_year="+1" display_days=false}

OUTPUT: (current year is 2000)

<select name="StartDateMonth">
<option value="1">January</option>
<option value="2">February</option>
<option value="3">March</option>
<option value="4">April</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">June</option>
<option value="7">July</option>
<option value="8">August</option>
<option value="9">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12" selected>December</option>
</select>
<select name="StartDateYear">
<option value="1999">1995</option>
<option value="1999">1996</option>
<option value="1999">1997</option>
<option value="1999">1998</option>
<option value="1999">1999</option>
<option value="2000" selected>2000</option>
<option value="2001">2001</option>
</select>