[SOLVED] initial value

[newtoall]

I have the following drop down in a for that is populated from an array:

$yearnum = array('2006','2007','2008','2009');

Is it possible to set up an initial value for the drop list, say 2007.

 

Any help would be much appreciated!!

 

<td 
   	width="109"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Select Year:
   </td>
   <td width="88">
    <select name="yearnum" id="yearnum"   onchange="xajax_addWeeks('weeks',document.form1.yearnum.value)">
    <option value="">--select--</option>
    <? foreach ($yearnum as $mod) { ?>
    <option value="<?= $mod?>"><?= $mod?></option>
    <? } ?>
    </select>
   </td>
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[AndyB]

You might even make your code take care of itself.  Use the date() function to determine the current year, then set the loop counter to be year-1 to year+2 (or whatever you want), and in your option loop add a conditional statement that echos selected='selected' when the counter value equals the current year.

 

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

 

$this_year = date("Y");

[newtoall]

Cheers,

 

I am having a bit of troble with the

and in your option loop add a conditional statement that echos selected='selected' when the counter value equals the current year.

 

Could you please point me in the direction of an example?

 

 

[AndyB]

<?php
$this_year = date("Y");
echo "<select name='year'>\n";
for ($year = $this_year-1;$year<=$this_year+2;$year++) {
    echo "<option value='". $year. "'";
if ($year == $this_year) {
    echo " selected = 'selected'";
}
echo ">". $year. "</option>\n";
}
echo "</select>";
?>

[.Stealth]

EDIT: beat me to it lol.

 

looks about right to me.

[newtoall]

Cheers.