Generate unixtimestamp based off of html form

[weee]

Hello,

I have ran into a unique scenario.  I am trying to generate a unix timestamp (by using the gmmktime function).  The problem is, I have multiple tags in a form doing the same thing.  for example (I have truncated some of the values for sake of page length/readability):

 <label for="dateMonth[6]">Date:</label>
Month: <select name="dateMonth[6]" id="dateMonth[6]">
<option value="9">September</option> 
<option value="10" selected="selected">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
Day: <select name="dateDay[6]" id="dateDay[6]">
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30" selected="selected">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
Year: <select name="dateYear[6]" id="dateYear[6]">
<option value="2010" selected="selected">2010</option>
<option value="2011">2011</option>
<option value="2012">2012</option>
<option value="2013">2013</option>
</select>
Hour: <select name="dateHour[6]" id="dateHour">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
Minute: <select name="dateMinute[6]" id="dateMinute">
<option value="0" selected="selected">00</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="45">45</option>
</select>
AM/PM: <select name="AMPM[6]" id="AMPM">
<option value="AM">AM</option>
<option value="PM" selected="selected">PM</option>
</select> 

 

Now, as you can see, I have an array of these elements.

AMPM[6] dateHour[6] dateMinute[6], AMPM[7] dateHour[7] dateMinute[7], AMPM[8] and so on...

 

The problem I am having is coming with the logic to consolidate all of the post variables that are 6s to make the unix timestamp, then all of the 7s to make a timestamp, and so on.  Could someone please point me in the right direction on how to go about processing this?

 

Thank you!

weee

[joel24]

strtotime()

 

[weee]

strtotime doesn't really work.  It wouldn't be as userfriendly for the user to type in month day year hour:minute AM in a textbox...  Are there any other solutions that we could use?

[DavidAM]

I think what joel24 was saying is to build up the date string and run it through strtotime() to get the unix time.  Something like this:

 

for ($ind = 1; $ind <= 8; $ind++) {
  $dateStr = sprintf('%d/%d/%d %d:%d %s', 
      $_POST['dateMonth'][$ind], $_POST['dateDay'][$ind], $_POST['dateYear'][$ind],
      $_POST['dateHour'][$ind], $_POST['dateMinute'][$ind], $_POST['AMPM'][$ind]);
  $userTime[$ind] = strtotime($dateStr);
}

print_r($userTime);

 

I like sprintf(). You could choose to use concatenation (did I spell that right?) or even mktime() (with special handling for the HOUR and AMPM values). There are probably other ways as well.

 

* This code is: not tested; does not sanitize the input; and assumes all POSTed values are valid. The user is responsible for cleaning it up as necessary.

[weee]

Thank you david!  That thought process helped me work this out