[SOLVED] Dynamic Listbox that checks current month/year

[tqla]

Hello. I want to make this static listbox dynamic.

 

<select name="checkInMonthYear" id="checkInMonthYear" class="check">
<option value="May 2009">May 2009</option>
<option value="Jun 2009">Jun 2009</option>
<option value="Jul 2009">Jul 2009</option>
<option value="Aug 2009">Aug 2009</option>
<option value="Sep 2009">Sep 2009</option>
<option value="Oct 2009">Oct 2009</option>
<option value="Nov 2009">Nov 2009</option>
<option value="Dec 2009">Dec 2009</option>
<option value="Jan 2010">Jan 2010</option>
<option value="Feb 2010">Feb 2010</option>
<option value="Mar 2010">Mar 2010</option>
<option value="Apr 2010">Apr 2010</option>
</select>	

 

It needs to check the current month and year and then list the current "month/year" plus the next consecutive 11 "month/year" options.

 

Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

 

 

[jsschmitt]

Have you tried coding it at all?

 

Generally, we give out help to those that at least attempt to find out the answer themselves...

[tqla]

My actual question was "Can someone point me in the right direction?". Link, PHP can/cannot do this, JS better for this, etc.

 

 

 

 

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[thebadbad]

PHP. A quick look in the manual would tell you that date('M') returns a three letter representation of the current month. And to get the next 11 months, you can use date('M', strtotime("+ $i months")) in a loop, where $i is increased by one on each iteration.

[jsschmitt]

Sorry about that... Personally, I would just use PHP...

 

I constantly test what people post about on here and already figured this one out:

 

http://anomymage.com/tests/do/phpfreaks/

 

Might be the long way to do it, but it works:

 

<?php

$month = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")));
$month1 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+1));
$month2 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+2));
$month3 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+3));
$month4 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+4));
$month5 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+5));
$month6 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+6));
$month7 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+7));
$month8 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+);
$month9 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+9));
$month10 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+10));
$month11 = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")+11));

?>

<select name="checkInMonthYear" id="checkInMonthYear" class="check">
<option value="<?php echo $month; ?>"/><?php echo $month; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month1; ?>"/><?php echo $month1; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month2; ?>"/><?php echo $month2; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month3; ?>"/><?php echo $month3; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month4; ?>"/><?php echo $month4; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month5; ?>"/><?php echo $month5; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month6; ?>"/><?php echo $month6; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month7; ?>"/><?php echo $month7; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month8; ?>"/><?php echo $month8; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month9; ?>"/><?php echo $month9; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month10; ?>"/><?php echo $month10; ?></option>
<option value="<?php echo $month11; ?>"/><?php echo $month11; ?></option>
</select>

[thebadbad]

Might be the long way to do it

 

Yep!

 

Loopy goodness:

 

<?php
echo '<select name="checkInMonthYear" id="checkInMonthYear" class="check">';
for ($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++) {
$date_str = date('M Y', strtotime("+ $i months"));
echo "\n<option value=\"$date_str\">$date_str</option>";
}
echo "\n</select>";
?>

[jsschmitt]

Might be the long way to do it

 

Yep!

 

Loopy goodness:

 

<?php
echo '<select name="checkInMonthYear" id="checkInMonthYear" class="check">';
for ($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++) {
$date_str = date('M Y', strtotime("+ $i months"));
echo "\n<option value=\"$date_str\">$date_str</option>";
}
echo "\n</select>";
?>

 

Fantastic... must update my snippets!

[tqla]

Hi jschmitt, I didn't mean to make my first post seem to ask for someone to do it for me and after your post I tried to reword it but the modify link was gone. I promise I am not a leach.

 

I'm studying your first post and it's... perfect. So just so I fully understand it and will be able to do this myself the next time (in other words, learn from you) I will explain it back.

 

$month = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")));

 

You created a variable called month that is equal to the current date displayed as F (month) and o (year).

 

Within date() you used mktime to create a current unix timestamp and as your 4th argument (month) you used the current month.

 

Genius! 

[jsschmitt]

Hi jschmitt, I didn't mean to make my first post seem to ask for someone to do it for me and after your post I tried to reword it but the modify link was gone. I promise I am not a leach.

 

I'm studying your first post and it's... perfect. So just so I fully understand it and will be able to do this myself the next time (in other words, learn from you) I will explain it back.

 

$month = date("F o", mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")));

 

You created a variable called month that is equal to the current date displayed as F (month) and o (year).

 

Within date() you used mktime to create a current unix timestamp and as your 4th argument (month) you used the current month.

 

Genius!

 

I didn't think you were being a leech, I was just wondering what you had attempted really. I guess my first post came out wrong.

 

Thanks, but thebadbad actually made one better then mine. Mine will work just fine, but his is a simple loop...

 

But your re-iteration is definitely correct, and I appreciate the genius statement, but it is far from it.

[tqla]

wow, loopy goodness indeed. Thanks thebadbad and jsschmitt.

 

I'm understand this but it was at first admittedly beyond my current capabilities. You created a for loop that will run as long as i is less than 12. The variable $date_str is equal to the date Month and Year and you use the strtotime() function to add the value of "i" to months. Awesome.

 

<?php
echo '<select name="checkInMonthYear" id="checkInMonthYear" class="check">';
for ($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++) {
$date_str = date('M Y', strtotime("+ $i months"));
echo "\n<option value=\"$date_str\">$date_str</option>";
}
echo "\n</select>";
?>

[thebadbad]

You're an easy leaner! Good on ya