Question re: displaying dates in the future

[bjburch]

Total newbie question. I looked around and couldn't find anything similar.

My website has a user defined "From" "To" date drop-down option for searching a database by dates. The default "To" is always "todays" date. The "From" is always a month from now.

The problem is that a month from now is 2004 and the code is still displaying 2003. Why doesn't it know that 30 days from today is the year 2004? Also, next week when it's 2004, will the "From" know we've changed years?

What do i need to change in this code to make it work?? Thanks!!

<table> 
<tr>
<th width='80' rowspan='2' valign="top">Date</th>
<td class='text11'>From</td>
<td> <select name='fmonth' class='textfield'>
<? 
for ($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++) {
  if (isset($fmonth)) {
    $selected = ($fmonth == $i+1)?"selected":"";
  } else {
    $selected = (($i+1) == $today["mon"])?"selected":"";
  }
  echo "<option value='".($i+1)."' $selected>".$MONTHS[$i]."\n";
}
?></select>/</td>
<td> <select name='fday' class='textfield'>
<? 
for ($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++) {
  if (isset($fday)) {
    $selected = ($fday == $i)?"selected":"";
  } else {
    $selected = ($i == $today["mday"])?"selected":"";
  }
  echo "<option value='$i' $selected>$i\n";
}
?></select>/</td>
<td>  <select name='fyear' class='textfield'>
<? 
for ($i = $today["year"]; $i < $today["year"] + 5; $i++) {
  if (isset($fyear)) {
    $selected = ($fyear == $i)?"selected":"";
  } else {
    $selected = ($i == $today["year"])?"selected":"";
  }
  echo "<option value='$i' $selected>$i\n";
}
?></select></td>
</tr><tr>
<td class='text11'> To </td>
<td><select name='tmonth' class='textfield'>
<? 
for ($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++) {
  if (isset($tmonth)) {
    $selected = ($tmonth == $i+1)?"selected":"";
  } else {
    $selected = ($i == $today["mon"])?"selected":"";
  }
  echo "<option value='".($i+1)."' $selected>".$MONTHS[$i]."\n";
}
?></select>/</td>
<td><select name='tday' class='textfield'>
<? 
for ($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++) {
  if (isset($tday)) {
    $selected = ($tday == $i)?"selected":"";
  } else {
    $selected = ($i == $today["mday"])?"selected":"";
  }
  echo "<option value='$i' $selected>$i\n";
}
?></select>/</td>
<td> <select name='tyear' class='textfield'>
<? 
for ($i = $today["year"]; $i < $today["year"] + 5; $i++) {
  if (isset($tyear)) {
    $selected = ($tyear == $i)?"selected":"";
  } else {
    $selected = ($i == $today["year"])?"selected":"";
  }
  echo "<option value='$i' $selected>$i\n";
}
?></select></td></tr>

[cwissy]

try this (beware it makes no checks for different length months)

$cyear=date("Y"); // get current year
$cmonth=date("m");  //  get current month
$cday=date("d");  //  get current day

$cmonth++;  // add one to the current month 

// test to see if we have changed years
if($cmonth>12)  

{
    // yep, so reset to January
    $cmonth=1;
    // add a year
    $cyear++;
}

Now you will have to create a routine to check the bounds of the day variable against the given month to ensure that it is correct.

[bjburch]

Thanks, but I'm looking to make MINIMAL changes to the existing code. (I believe all the "checks" for month lengths are already in there.)

Isn't there, like, a "+1" or something I can add into this mess of code? (Can you tell I'm a designer and not a coder?)

Thanks!

[TruckStuff]

Your code is WAY too complicated. Check out strtotime .

<?
$to = time();
$from = strtotime("+1 month");
...
echo '<select name='from_month' length=1>';
for ($i=1; $i<=12; $i++)
  echo '<option value='.$i.($i==date('n', $from)?' selected':'').'>'.$i.'</option>';
...

strtotime may not have a "month" functionality, so if it doesn't, use

$from = time() + (60*60*24*30);

[bjburch]

aargh...

I believe you when you say that what I have is too complicated. However, at this point, I don't have time to do anything but make a small modification to the existing (bloated?) code.

It might help to explain that I want users able to individually change the month, day, and year for a "From" and "To" date; that's 6 variables.

Here's the page.

I'm making notes on how you guys are suggesting I change my code but, again, the question is... how to (or if I can) change what I have existing; not better ways to do the same thing. (THAT will come in the Spring when major changes are scheduled.)

Thanks ya'll for your help.