advance month

lobster

What I am looking to do but cannot figure out: If today's date is the 15th or more then the user can only select months starting 2 months from now. (i.e.- today is Dec. 30th so the month selection box should show months starting with 02 for February and on). If the date is before the 15th then they can select the subsequent month (i.e.-if today was Dec. 10 then the dropdown would start with 01 ...January)

I am stumped.

<? $month = date(m); 
				   $today = date(d);
				   if($today >= "15"){}				
				?>
                <select name="STARTMONTH">
                  <option value="01" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="01"){echo "selected";}?>>01</option>
                  <option value="02" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="02"){echo "selected";}?>>02</option>
                  <option value="03" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="03"){echo "selected";}?>>03</option>
                  <option value="04" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="04"){echo "selected";}?>>04</option>
                  <option value="05" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="05"){echo "selected";}?>>05</option>
                  <option value="06" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="06"){echo "selected";}?>>06</option>
                  <option value="07" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="07"){echo "selected";}?>>07</option>
                  <option value="08" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="08"){echo "selected";}?>>08</option>
                  <option value="09" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="09"){echo "selected";}?>>09</option>
                  <option value="10" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="10"){echo "selected";}?>>10</option>
                  <option value="11" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="11"){echo "selected";}?>>11</option>
                  <option value="12" <? if($STARTMONTH=="" && $month=="12"){echo "selected";}?>>12</option>
                </select>

Any help would be appreciated.

AstroTeg

Its a little early for me, but I think this might work:

... html that shows the drop down box ...
<?
$month = date('m');
$offset = 1;
if(date('d') > 14)
	$offset = 2;

for($a = ($month + $offset); $a < ($month + $offset + 3); $a++)
{
	$monthval = date('m', mktime(0, 0, 0, $a, 0, 0));;
	echo '<option value=' . $monthval . (($STARTMONTH == '' && $month == $monthval) ? ' selected' : '') . '>' . $monthval . "</option>\n";
}  // end for($a = 0; $a < 12; $a++)
?>
... end html that shows the drop down box ...

I swapped out your huge chunk of HTML with a for() loop which I think is a bit easier to manage.

Basically, just check if the day is greater than what your threshold is (15) and if it is, you want to offset the month by two (default is to offset by 1).

The part I was stuck on and you need to figure out is how many months you want to show. Right now the code will just show 3 months. If you want more or less, just update the 3 to however many months you want.

Not sure if fits what you're looking for. If you have questions, just ask...

Erkilite

i am not sure if i understand what your asking.

if the date were dec. 30, then the box should start at february and go only to december?

ex.
<select name="startmonth">
<option value="02">02</option>
<option value="03">03</option>
<option value="04">04</option>
<option value="05">05</option>
<option value="06">06</option>
<option value="07">07</option>
<option value="08">08</option>
<option value="09">09</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
</select>

would you want to only list months in the current year and just have the box automatically select the month based on you 15 day cut-off?

ex.
<select name="startmonth">
<option value="01">01</option>
<option value="02" selected>02</option>
<option value="03">03</option>
<option value="04">04</option>
<option value="05">05</option>
<option value="06">06</option>
<option value="07">07</option>
<option value="08">08</option>
<option value="09">09</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
</select>

or would you want to list twelve months starting from the 15 day cut-off and move onto the next year?

which one? or none of these?

lobster

AstroTeg: The loop is great...what I was hoping someone would know how to do (loops aren't my specialty).

I plugged in the code below and 01, 02 and 03 are showing...but since it is december...02,03 and 04 should be showing. Any ideas?

Also, since I we are changing how this works, I dont need the inital selected box to be the current month just the first in the list.

I can mess with the number of months to show at a later date.

Thanks so much for your help! I was clueless on this one 😉

AstroTeg

Oops, looks like there was a bug in the code:

// swap this line with the similar one in my last post
	$monthval = date('m', mktime(0, 0, 0, ($a+1), 0, 0));

By default, the months are 0 based and needs 1 to be added to them to make them 1 based. I think that will work. Double check it - its still a little too early in the morning for me...

lobster

You ROCK!

Thanks so much! Works like a charm!