Multiple date dropdown function

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Published Sun 18 Feb 2007, 5986 Views, 5 Comments

Multi Date Dropdown function
Handy for when you need to create multiple date dropdown fields in a form. Creates
dropdowns for year, month, and day with a unique identifier (passed from form) to
allow you to use multiple instances in a form.

usage: newDate('fieldname');

function newDate($date_ref) {
$year = "";
$month = "";
$day = "";

// year
echo '<select name="' . $date_ref . '_year">';
echo '<option value="">YY</option>';
for ($i = date('Y') -20; $i < date('Y') + 1; $i++) {
echo '<option value="' . $i . '">' . $i . '</option>';
}
echo '</select>';
// month
echo '<select name="' . $date_ref . '_month">';
echo '<option value="">MM</option>';
for ($m = 1; $m <= 12; $m++) {
echo '<option value="' . $m . '">' . $m . '</option>';
}
echo '</select>';
// day
echo '<select name="' . $date_ref . '_day">';
echo '<option value="">DD</option>';
for ($d = 1; $d <= 31; $d++) {
echo '<option value="' . $d . '">' . $d . '</option>';
}
echo '</select>';
}

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5 Comments

Fixed formatting.

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Do a google search for "Tigra Calendar". The tigra calendar pops up a calendar and lets you select the date. A little more code, but much, much, much easier for the user.

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Interestingly enough, anyone I've ever asked dislikes the popup calendar widget and prefers the 3-select-field widget such as this one. Which is why (a) I wrote it, and (b) I use it in all my sites. :-)

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Personally, I prefer to type in my values, but not all user want to format their dates the same way. I've written date inputs both ways. If you've done the research, I'll believe it. All my sites have been internal applications, so my used base is pretty limited.

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No problem. To each his own, you know? :-)

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This is my two cents...

Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)

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