[SOLVED] Displaying months in order

[jakeoh]

I have an two-level array that contains, at the first level, a month of the year; the second level contains events held that month (name, description, start date, end date).

 

I want to display this array in a table (events to come).

 

The code I am using right now is this:

 

<table class="calendrier">

<?php
foreach($month_list as $month)
{
echo "<tr><td class='calendrier_mois' colspan='3'><h3>".$month['month_name']." </h3></td></tr>";
echo "<tr class='calendrier_head'>";
echo "<td class='calendrier_date'>Dates</td>";
echo "<td class='calendrier_even'>Événements</td>";
echo "<td class='calendrier_lieu'>Lieu</td>";
echo "</tr><tr>";

foreach($month['event_list'] as $event)
{
echo "<td class='calendrier_01'>".$event['event_startdate']."</td>";
echo "<td class='calendrier_02'>".$event['event_description']."</td>";
echo "<td class='calendrier_03'>".$event['event_location']."</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}

}
?>

</table>

 

This is all fine, but I want to start with the current month; my array is ordered from January to December, so they are obviously ordered this way presently.

 

How can I use PHP to start with the current month, and then cycle through the array and come back to January after December?

 

Hope it's clear.

 

Jake

[lonewolf217]

have two loops.  the first one starts at the index of the current month and goes to december.  the second one starts at the beginning and goes up to but not including the current month

[jakeoh]

have two loops.  the first one starts at the index of the current month and goes to december.  the second one starts at the beginning and goes up to but not including the current month

I understand your technique. However I'm not sure how to code it. How can the foreach start on the current month?

[samshel]

<?php 
$month_list = array();

for( $i=1;$i<13;$i++) {
$month_list[$i] = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $i, 1, 2008));
}
print_r($month_list);
$newmonthlist = $month_list;
foreach($newmonthlist as $monthnumber=>$month) {
   if( $monthnumber < date("n")) {
	unset($newmonthlist[$monthnumber]);
	$newmonthlist[$monthnumber] = $month;
   }
}
echo "<br>";
print_r( $newmonthlist);
?>

 

this should work for you...

 

PS: we unsetting the months and setting the same values to them again in next line, but the difference here is it is an associative array and it will add elements at the bottom, so when u foreach they will come last...

 

I have tried to imitate your month list, just fill it in with ur variable.

[jakeoh]

Thanks Samshel, it worked perfectly.

 

Now just another thing... how can I append the year in my table, for every year (March 2009, April 2009, etc., January 2010, February 2010, etc.)

 

Thanks a lot, again.

[samshel]

<?php 
$month_list = array();

for( $i=1;$i<13;$i++) {
$month_list[$i] = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $i, 1, 2008));
}
print_r($month_list);
$newmonthlist = $month_list;
foreach($newmonthlist as $monthnumber=>$month) {
   if( $monthnumber < date("n")) {
	unset($newmonthlist[$monthnumber]);
	$newmonthlist[$monthnumber] = $month." ".(date("Y")+1);
   } else {
        $newmonthlist[$monthnumber] = $month." ".date("Y");
   }
}
echo "<br>";
print_r( $newmonthlist);
?>

[jakeoh]

I made small adjustments so that it fits my code but all is well now.

 

Thanks a lot!