Date options...

[SpeedStick]

Hi:

I'm trying to create a dropdown box that lists every month from the current month, to June 2002, and would automatically add another option each month.

Here's what I have, but it doesn't work:

$today = getdate();

$mon = $today['mon'];
$year = $today['year'];
do {
$date = date ("F Y", mktime (0,0,0,$mon,1,$year));
$var = date ("m-Y", mktime (0,0,0,$mon,1,$year));
echo "<option value=\"bydate.php?date=$var\">$date</option>";
$mon = $mon - 1;
} while ($var > 06-2002);

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[saintp]

Try something like this:

$today = getdate();
$start_month = 6;
$start_year = 2002;
for ($year = $start_year; $year <= $today['year']; $year++) {
$end_year = ($year == $today['year'] ? $today['mon'] : 12);
for ($month = $start_month; $month <= $end_year; $month++) {
$date = date("F Y", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year));
$var = date("m-Y", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year));
print "<option value=\"bydate.php?date=$var\">$date</option>\n";
}
$start_month = 1;
}

Now, this will print them in reverse order (i.e., June 2002 will be first), but it should be a simple exercise to reverse the sense of the for-loops if you want. (E.g., for ($year = $today['year']; $year >= $start_year; $year--) {...})