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.
year_empty
string
No
null
If supplied then the first element of the year's select-box has this
value as it's label and "" as it's value. This is useful to make the
select-box read "Please select a year" for example.
day_empty
string
No
null
If supplied then the first element of the day's select-box has this
value as it's label and "" as it's value.
month_empty
string
No
null
If supplied then the first element of the month's select-box has this
value as it's label and "" as it's value. .
html_select_date is a custom function that creates date dropdowns
for you. It can display any or all of year, month, and day.
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>
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>