List Years in DESC

[Tenaciousmug]

Ok so here is my code. Ignore the $_POST['dobm']. That is part of the whole script.

All I want to know is how to set the list from 1998 to 1911 in descending order. I already tried making $i = 1998 and make $i - 1 til $i >= 1911. It seems to go in an infinite loop when I do that.

 

<?php
		for($i = 1911; $i <= 1998; $i++)
		{
			if ($_POST['dobm'] == $i)
			{
				echo '<option selected="selected" value="'.$i.'">'.date('Y', mktime(0,0,0,0,0,$i+1)).'</option>\n';
			}
			else
			{
				echo '<option value="'.$i.'">'.date('Y', mktime(0,0,0,0,0,$i+1)).'</option>\n';
			}
		}
		?>

[wildteen88]

You want to de increment $i (--$i) not increment ($i++)

			for($i = 1988; $i >= 1911; --$i)

[Tenaciousmug]

Ah! Thank you so much. I wasn't aware of the --$i. I thought it was $i-1.

Question though. Why is it starting out at 1996 when I want it to start at 1998?

 

<?php
			for($i = 1998; $i >= 1911; --$i)
		{
			if ($_POST['dobm'] == $i)
			{
				echo '<option selected="selected" value="'.$i.'">'.date('Y', mktime(0,0,0,0,0,$i-1)).'</option>\n';
			}
			else
			{
				echo '<option value="'.$i.'">'.date('Y', mktime(0,0,0,0,0,$i-1)).'</option>\n';
			}
		}
		?>

[wildteen88]

Probably due to this

date('Y', mktime(0,0,0,0,0,$i-1))

. You do not need to have that as $i already contains the year.

[Tenaciousmug]

Ohhh ok. Thanks! (: