[SOLVED] Making a drop down box with years

[mazman13]

I'm trying to make a drop down box with years (2001, 2002, 2003, ect) but I don't want to enter then all and update them every year when the year changes. Whats the best way to do a drop down box using the current year and going back 20?

 

Thanks

 

[premiso]

<?php
$currentYear = date("Y");

for ($year=$currentYear;$year>($currentYear-20);$year++) {
    echo $year . "<br />";
}
?>

 

Should do it.

[trq]

echo "<select name='year'>";
foreach (range(date('Y')-20, date('Y')) as $year) {
  echo "  <option value='$year'>$year</option>";
}
echo "</select>";

[timmah1]

I have to throw in my two cents since this something I've been doing for awhile

<?php
$current = date("Y", strtotime('-20 years'));
$future = date("Y", strtotime('+10 years'));
$months = array (1 => 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June','July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December');
$weekday = array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
$days = range (1, 31);
$years = range ($current, $future);
?>

 

Then, to call them in a drop-down

<?php
echo "Year: <select name='year'>";
foreach ($years as $value) {
echo '<option value="'.$value.'">'.$value.'</option>\n';
} echo '</select><br />';

echo "Day: <select name='day'>";
foreach ($days as $value) {
echo '<option value="'.$value.'">'.$value.'</option>\n';
} echo '</select><br />';

echo "Month: <select name='month'>";
foreach ($months as $value) {
echo '<option value="'.$value.'">'.$value.'</option>\n';
} echo '</select><br />';
?> 
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[dawsba]

Just for my 2 pence

For getting months and days i hate typing the jan and feb over and over i use

 

for($i=1;$i<=12;$i++){$month[$i]=date("F",mktime(0,0,0,$i+1,0,0));} gives $month[1]=january

for($i=1;$i<=7;$i++){$days[$i]=date("l",mktime(0,0,0,0,$i+5,0));} gives $days[1] = monday

 

hopefuilly some use to some1.

[mazman13]

Sounds great. Thanks!

[mazman13]

Ok with the foreach one, how to i make it so that the current year shows first? It prob needs to be in desc order.

 

echo "<select name='year'>";
foreach (range(date('Y')-20, date('Y')) as $year) {
  echo "  <option value='$year'>$year</option>";
}
echo "</select>";

[kenrbnsn]

Just change the order in the range:

<?php
echo "<select name='year'>";
foreach (range(date('Y'), date('Y')-20) as $year) {
  echo "  <option value='$year'>$year</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>

 

Ken

[mazman13]

Great thanks!