[SOLVED] Changing Months from numbers to names

[dc_jt]

Hi I have the following code which is a drop down containing a month and a year.

 

At the moment, the months are displayed 1,2,3,4 etc, however I want them to be displayed as Jan, Feb, Mar etc but the values to remain 01, 02, 03 etc.

 

<form name="date" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>?sMode=ChangeFilter" method="POST" class="sort">
<label>Date:</label>
<select name="datem" id="datem">
<?php

   $iCurMonth = ('5');
  for ($i=1;$i<=12;$i++)
  { ?>
  <option <?=((isset($aFilterParts['datem']) && $i==$aFilterParts['datem']) || (!isset($aFilterParts['datem']) && $i==$iCurMonth))?' selected="selected"':''?>><?=$i?></option>
  <?php } ?>

</select>
<select name="datey" id="datey">
<?php
   $iCurYear = ('2007');
  for ($i=2007;$i<=2009;$i++)
  { ?>
  <option <?=((isset($aFilterParts['datey']) && $i==$aFilterParts['datey']) || (!isset($aFilterParts['datey']) && $i==$iCurYear))?' selected="selected"':''?>><?=$i?></option>
  <?php } ?>
</select>
<input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>

 

Thanks

[kenrbnsn]

Create an array to hold the names of the months and use $i to index to the correct one.

<?php
  $mnths = array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
  $iCurMonth = ('5');
  for ($i=1;$i<=12;$i++) {
      $sel = ((isset($aFilterParts['datem']) && $i==$aFilterParts['datem']) || (!isset($aFilterParts['datem']) && $i==$iCurMonth))?' selected="selected"':'';
      echo '<option ' . $sel . ' value=' . $i . '>' . $mnths[$i] . '</option>';
  }
?>

 

Ken

 

[taith]

or just use this :-)

 

<?php
function switch_month($m){
while($m{0}=="0") $m=substr($m,1);
$m=strtolower($m);
switch($m){
  case "1": return "january"; break;
  case "2": return "february"; break;
  case "3": return "march"; break;
  case "4": return "april"; break;
  case "5": return "may"; break;
  case "6": return "june"; break;
  case "7": return "july"; break;
  case "8": return "august"; break;
  case "9": return "september"; break;
  case "10": return "october"; break;
  case "11": return "november"; break;
  case "12": return "december"; break;
  case "january": return "1"; break;
  case "february": return "2"; break;
  case "march": return "3"; break;
  case "april": return "4"; break;
  case "may": return "5"; break;
  case "june": return "6"; break;
  case "july": return "7"; break;
  case "august": return "8"; break;
  case "september": return "9"; break;
  case "october": return "10"; break;
  case "november": return "11"; break;
  case "december": return "12"; break;
}
}

#and on yourloop
<?=switch_month($i)?>
?>

[dc_jt]

Thanks a lot, this worked, however January is not included for some reason??

 

Hi I have the following code which is a drop down containing a month and a year.

 

At the moment, the months are displayed 1,2,3,4 etc, however I want them to be displayed as Jan, Feb, Mar etc but the values to remain 01, 02, 03 etc.

 

<form name="date" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>?sMode=ChangeFilter" method="POST" class="sort">
<label>Date:</label>
<select name="datem" id="datem">
<?php

   $iCurMonth = ('5');
  for ($i=1;$i<=12;$i++)
  { ?>
  <option <?=((isset($aFilterParts['datem']) && $i==$aFilterParts['datem']) || (!isset($aFilterParts['datem']) && $i==$iCurMonth))?' selected="selected"':''?>><?=$i?></option>
  <?php } ?>

</select>
<select name="datey" id="datey">
<?php
   $iCurYear = ('2007');
  for ($i=2007;$i<=2009;$i++)
  { ?>
  <option <?=((isset($aFilterParts['datey']) && $i==$aFilterParts['datey']) || (!isset($aFilterParts['datey']) && $i==$iCurYear))?' selected="selected"':''?>><?=$i?></option>
  <?php } ?>
</select>
<input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>

 

Thanks

[kenrbnsn]

My mistake, add a null for the first value of the array:

<?php
$mnths = array('','January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
?>

 

Ken

[taith]

yup... because without '', $i=1=febuary...

[dc_jt]

Thanks a lot Ken, great help.

 

One last question. How do I set the $iCurMonth to the current month rather than 5, because obviously next month wont be 5?

 

Thanks again

[dc_jt]

Does  $iCurMonth = getdate("mon"); do it?

[taith]

change it to date(m), so it automatically highlights this month :-)

[kenrbnsn]

You can use the date() function:

<?php
$iCurMonth = date('m');
?>

 

Ken

[dc_jt]

Thanks Ken and taith for your help