Dynamic Drop down menu

[AaronP]

Hi all,

 

I'm more of a designer than a coder but I'm dabbling in some of the back end code for our website.

 

The result I am trying to achieve is to create a drop down menu with a set of 14 dates calculated from the current date.

 

To give more of an idea of what I am trying to achieve I will briefly explain the outline of the over all form.

 

We are taking bookings for an event. The event is starting on Tuesday 11/5/2010 and will run every Tuesday there on. People who register can jump in at any week they wish.

 

So what I need is something that will create a list of 14 weekly Tuesday dates from the current date. Allowing of course for this current week which won't have a session (starting 11/5/2010)

 

I have found some code which might be useful and is working except it obviously counts from the current date and changes as the current date changes.

 

<p align="left"><strong>What date would you like so start?<br />

<select name="start_date" style="width:215px;margin-top:4px">

<option value="">Select Date<option>

<?php

for ($i=1;$i<=13;$i++)

{

$strDate = date("D jS M Y",strtotime("+$i week"));

echo "<option value=\"$strDate\">$strDate</option>";

}?>

</strong>

</p>

 

Would appreciate your wisdom and guidance

 

Cheers

Aaron

[litebearer]

Perhaps...

 

$startdate = "2010-11-05";
for ($i=1;$i<=13;$i++){
$newdate1 = date('D jS M Y', (strtotime(date("Y-m-d", strtotime($startdate)) . " +$i week")))
?>	<option value="<? echo $newdate1;?>"><?PHP echo $newdate1; ?></option><br><?PHP
}

Just a thought.

 

[AaronP]

Thank you so much litebearer  ,

 

With a couple of minor changes it is now working perfectly.

 

Cheers.

 

For those who are interested the final code looked like this:

 

<p align="left"><strong>What date would you like so start?<br />

<select name="start_date" style="width:215px;margin-top:4px">

<option value="">Select Date<option>

<?php

$startdate = "4-05-2010";

for ($i=1;$i<=13;$i++){

$newdate1 = date('D jS M Y', (strtotime(date("d-m-Y", strtotime($startdate)) . " +$i week")))

?> <option value="<? echo $newdate1;?>"><?php echo $newdate1; ?></option><br><?

}?>

</strong>

</p>

 

Thanks again