[SOLVED] Select current month

[jeff5656]

Lets say I assign this to current month:

$curr_month = date ('F');

 

How do I write this code so that the current month is selected?

<form name="pickmonth" method="post" action="../schedules/editmonth.php">
<select name = "which_month" >
      <option value = "" >Select Month
      <option value = "January" >January
      <option value = "February">February
      <option value = "March">March
      <option value = "April">April
      <option value = "May">May
      <option value = "June">June
      <option value = "July">July
      <option value = "August">August
      <option value = "September">September
      <option value = "October">October
      <option value = "November">November
      <option value = "December">December
      </select></td>
      <td><input type="submit" value="Submit month" /></td>
      </form>

[rhodesa]

<form name="pickmonth" method="post" action="../schedules/editmonth.php">
<select name="which_month">
  <option value="">Select Month</option>
<?php
  $curr_month = date('F');
  for($n=1;$n <=12;$n++){
    $month = date('F',strtotime(date('Y-'.$n.'-1')));
    printf("  <option value=\"%s\" %s>%s</option>\n",$month,$month==date('F')?'SELECTED':'',$month);
  }
?>
</select>
</td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit month" /></td>
</form>

[tapos]

u can use following:

 

<?php
$months		= array('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December');
$curr_month    = date ('F');
?>
<form name="pickmonth" method="post" action="../schedules/editmonth.php">
<select name = "which_month" >
	<option value = "" >Select Month
	<?php 
	foreach($months as $month){
		$selected = ($month == $curr_month) ? 'selected="selected"' : '';
		echo '<option '.$selected.' value = "'.$month.'" >'.$month.'</option>';
	}
	?>
      </select>
      <input type="submit" value="Submit month" />
</form>

[jeff5656]

Thanks I chose the code by rhodesa  and it works.

 

One oddity: in microsoft explorer the drop down says "December" as selected, but in Firefox it still says "Select month" in the drop down.  Even refreshing the screen does not help.

 

Any ideas?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

'SELECTED' should be 'selected="selected"' to make valid HTML.

[rhodesa]

Thanks I chose the code by rhodesa  and it works.

 

One oddity: in microsoft explorer the drop down says "December" as selected, but in Firefox it still says "Select month" in the drop down.  Even refreshing the screen does not help.

 

Any ideas?

 

Try hitting Ctrl-F5 to force a full refresh of the page. It might be caching your form selections