[Resolved] variables are not crossing over

[jasonmills58]

ok, so I have viewCalendar.php which calls makeCalendar.php
The calendar prints fine the first time, but then the links that
should take me back and forth through the months don't take me anywhere.

viewCalendar has this code to call makeCalendar:

include ( "../makeCalendar.php" );
//call the calendar
list( $month, $year ) = explode( ',', date( 'm, Y' ) );
pc_calendar( $month, $year );

and makeCalendar does this(plus a bunch more,
but this is the part that pertains to the link variables):

function pc_calendar( $month, $year, $opts = '') {
	//set default options
	if ( ! is_array( $opts ) ) { 
		$opts = array();
	}
	if ( ! isset( $opts['today_color'] ) ) {
		$opts['today_color'] = '#FFFF00';
	}
	if ( ! isset( $opts['month_link'] ) ) {
		$opts['month_link'] = '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?month=%d&year=%d">%s</a>';
	}

list( $this_month, $this_year, $this_day ) = split( ',', strftime( '%m, %Y, %d' ) );
$day_highlight = ( ( $this_month == $month ) && ( $this_year == $year ) );

list( $prev_month, $prev_year ) = split( ',', strftime( '%m, %Y', mktime( 0, 0, 0, $month - 1, 1, $year ) ) );
$prev_month_link = sprintf( $opts['month_link'], $prev_month, $prev_year, '&lt;');

list( $next_month, $next_year ) = split( ',', strftime( '%m, %Y', mktime( 0, 0, 0, $month + 1, 1, $year ) ) );
$next_month_link = sprintf( $opts['month_link'], $next_month, $next_year, '&gt;');

[njm]

Echo out the variables $prev_month_link and $next_month_link. Do they look OK?

hth, njm

[pablodelapena]

Originally posted by jasonmills58

<?
if ( ! isset( $opts['month_link'] ) ) {
		$opts['month_link'] = '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?month=%d&year=%d">%s</a>';
	}
?>

[/B]

shouldnt the '%'s be '$'s? Or am I being noobish?

[jasonmills58]

Yeah, njm, when I hover over them, they look fine. But they reference viewCalendar, which should be able to pass the variables back and forth. Here's the link, if you get a chance.

http://www.babysteps.tv/counterpoint/admin/viewCalendar.php

Pablo- I think it has to be a %s to account for the query string

[njm]

Jason,

The links are ok, and the variables are being passed to the URL correctly. However, taking another look at you code, I can't see where you actually use the $GET variables.

include ( "../makeCalendar.php" );
//call the calendar
list( $month, $year ) = explode( ',', date( 'm, Y' ) );
pc_calendar( $month, $year );

If you're using this to display the calendar, then you're always going to get the current month. You need to call the pc_calendar function with the $_GET variables.

hth, njm

Pablo - the % signs are placeholders for the sprintf function later on in the code.

[jasonmills58]

would that look like this?

pc_calendar( $_GET['month'], $_GET['year'] );

(happy new year, btw!)

[njm]

Looks pretty much like I'd expect - with some validation as well of course 🙂

Happy new year! njm

[pablodelapena]

thanks, guess I learn something new every time I visit these forums!

Happy New Year to you all!