current month select option help

[dennismonsewicz]

I am wanting to have a select drop down list that is hard coded. But I would like for it to select the month that is current to the server. So when a user comes across the page the month that is selected in the list is the current month! Make sense? Any ideas?

[blackcell]

I know this is the hard way to do this but here's the code. Let me know an easier way someone lol.

<?php
switch(date("m")){
    case 01:
        $MONTH1  = "January";
        $MONTH2  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH3  = "March";
        $MONTH4  = "April";
        $MONTH5  = "May";
        $MONTH6  = "June";
        $MONTH7  = "July";
        $MONTH8  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 02:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH1  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH3  = "March";
        $MONTH4  = "April";
        $MONTH5  = "May";
        $MONTH6  = "June";
        $MONTH7  = "July";
        $MONTH8  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 03:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH1  = "March";
        $MONTH4  = "April";
        $MONTH5  = "May";
        $MONTH6  = "June";
        $MONTH7  = "July";
        $MONTH8  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 04:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH1  = "April";
        $MONTH5  = "May";
        $MONTH6  = "June";
        $MONTH7  = "July";
        $MONTH8  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 05:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH1  = "May";
        $MONTH6  = "June";
        $MONTH7  = "July";
        $MONTH8  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 06:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH6  = "May";
        $MONTH1  = "June";
        $MONTH7  = "July";
        $MONTH8  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 07:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH6  = "May";
        $MONTH7  = "June";
        $MONTH1  = "July";
        $MONTH8  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 08:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH6  = "May";
        $MONTH7  = "June";
        $MONTH8  = "July";
        $MONTH1  = "August";
        $MONTH9  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 09:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH6  = "May";
        $MONTH7  = "June";
        $MONTH8  = "July";
        $MONTH9  = "August";
        $MONTH1  = "September";
        $MONTH10 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 10:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH6  = "May";
        $MONTH7  = "June";
        $MONTH8  = "July";
        $MONTH9  = "August";
        $MONTH10  = "September";
        $MONTH1 = "October";
        $MONTH11 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 11:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH6  = "May";
        $MONTH7  = "June";
        $MONTH8  = "July";
        $MONTH9  = "August";
        $MONTH10  = "September";
        $MONTH11 = "October";
        $MONTH1 = "November";
        $MONTH12 = "December";
        break;

    case 12:
        $MONTH2  = "January";
        $MONTH3  = "Feburary";
        $MONTH4  = "March";
        $MONTH5  = "April";
        $MONTH6  = "May";
        $MONTH7  = "June";
        $MONTH8  = "July";
        $MONTH9  = "August";
        $MONTH10  = "September";
        $MONTH11 = "October";
        $MONTH12 = "November";
        $MONTH1 = "December";
        break;



}

$select =
"
    <select name='month'>
        <option value ='$MONTH1'>$MONTH1</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH2'>$MONTH2</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH3'>$MONTH3</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH4'>$MONTH4</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH5'>$MONTH5</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH6'>$MONTH6</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH7'>$MONTH7</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH8'>$MONTH8</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH9'>$MONTH9</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH10'>$MONTH10</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH11'>$MONTH11</option>
        <option value ='$MONTH12'>$MONTH12</option>
    </select>

";
echo $select;
?>

[QuietWhistler]

<?php

$currentMonth = 2; //february integer value

?>

<select name="month">
<?php

$months = array( "January", "February", "March" ); //etc.

for( $i = 0; $i < sizeof( $months ); $i++ )
{
      if( $currentMonth == ( $i + 1 )
      {
            print( "<option selected>" . $months[ $i ] . "</option>" );
      } else {
           print( "<option>" . $months[ $i ] . "</option>" );
      }
}

?>
</select>

[GingerRobot]

Or even just:

 

<select name="month">
<?php
$monthno = date('n');
for($x=1;$x<=12;$x++){
   $month = date('F',strtotime($x.'/01/08'));
   $selected = ($monthno == $x)? ' selected="selected" ':'';
   echo '<option value="'.$month.'"'.$selected.'>'.$month.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>

[sanderphp]

<select name="datemonth" id="datemonth">
  
<option value="January" <?php if (date('F') == "January"){ echo "selected";} ?>>January</option>
<option value="February" <?php if (date('F') == "February"){ echo "selected";} ?>>February</option>
<option value="March" <?php if (date('F') == "March"){ echo "selected";} ?>>March</option>
<option value="April" <?php if (date('F') == "April"){ echo "selected";} ?>>April</option>
<option value="May" <?php if (date('F') == "May"){ echo "selected";} ?>>May</option>
</select>

[blackcell]

I like sander php the best