[SOLVED] converting numbers to months - not working

[richrock]

Hi all,

 

I've written a basic conversion script to change a numerical value entered into a form to a calendar month, ie - 05 = May.

 

Here's the code:

 

if ($_POST['month'] == 01) {
		$month = "January";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 02) {
		$month = "February";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 03) {
		$month = "March";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 04) {
		$month = "April";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 05) {
		$month = "May";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 06) {
		$month = "June";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 07) {
		$month = "July";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 08) {
		$month = "August";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 09) {
		$month = "September";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 10) {
		$month = "October";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 11) {
		$month = "November";
	} elseif ($_POST['month'] == 12) {
		$month = "December";
	}

	echo $month."<br />";

	$cat_title = $_POST['saletitle'];
	$cat_day = $_POST['day'];
	$cat_mon = $_POST['month'];
	$cat_year = $_POST['year'];
	$cat_salenum = $_POST['salenum'];

 

But for some really strange reason, it stops working for August, September and I can't for the life of me figure out why...  Any ideas?  All the code was cut'n'pasted so it should work consistently right?

[.josh]

typo in your form values?

[rhodesa]

Yeah, I don't see any errors either.

 

On a side note, it's much easier to read if you setup an array:

$months = array(
  1  => "January",
  2  => "February",
  3  => "March",
  4  => "April",
  5  => "May",
  6  => "June",
  7  => "July",
  8  => "August",
  9  => "September",
  10 => "October",
  11 => "November",
  12 => "December",
);
$month = $months[$_POST['month']];

[richrock]

The form field is like this:

 

<td><input type="text" maxlength="2" name="day" size="1"/> - <input type="text" maxlength="2" name="month" size="1" /> - <input type="text" maxlength="4" name="year" size="3" /> <?php echo SALE_add_date_details; ?></td>

And when the form is submitted, it sends to a function - addSale (), which has the original code I posted earlier.

 

I get what you mean with an array - I am forcing the end user to input 2 numbers, so August would always be 08 - would this be reflected in the array by doing:

 

08 => "August",

 

??

[Mark Baker]

I'll be willing to bet that it works for October, November and December.

 

With that as a clue, look at your code again.

Answers on the back of a $10 note

[rhodesa]

don't use leading zeros...you'll run into problems with that. cus if you don't put quotes around it, PHP will drop the leading zero and make it a number. made one small mod to force the users input to a number:

 

$months = array(
  1  => "January",
  2  => "February",
  3  => "March",
  4  => "April",
  5  => "May",
  6  => "June",
  7  => "July",
  8  => "August",
  9  => "September",
  10 => "October",
  11 => "November",
  12 => "December",
);
$month = $months[(int)$_POST['month']];

[thebadbad]

A number starting with a zero is treated as an octal, I heard. Shorter code:

 

<?php
$month = date('F', strtotime('2000-' . str_pad($_POST['month'], 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT) . '-15'));
?>

 

Edit: Actually even shorter using mktime():

 

<?php
$month = date('F', mktime(0, 0, 0, (int) $_POST['month'], 15));
?>

[richrock]

Thanks guys, I solved it with the putting quotes round it -

 

if ($_POST['month'] == "08") {

 

and it did the trick...