Note: I solved this question on my own - there were "echo" statements inside of other "echo" statements.
I have a function that prints some select boxes in my form.
When I run the page, the select boxes print above the form. I look at the html source code and the select boxes are, indeed, being printed in a totally different spot than the place where I call the function.
I simplified my code to show you what is happening.
This prints "test" AFTER the select boxes, even though my code has it printing before.
Am I missing something obvious?
function selectDate (
$sel_d = 0 // selected day
, $sel_m = 0 // selected month
, $sel_y = 0 // selected year
, $var_d = 'd' // name for day variable
, $var_m = 'm' // name for month variable
, $var_y = 'y' // name for year variable
, $min_y = 0 // minimum year
, $max_y = 0 // maximum year
, $enabled = true // enable drop-downs?
) {
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// First of all, set up some sensible defaults
// Default day is today
if ($sel_d == 0)
$sel_d = date('j');
// Default month is this month
if ($sel_m == 0)
$sel_m = date('n');
// Default year is this year
if ($sel_y == 0)
$sel_y = date('Y');
// Default minimum year is this year
if ($min_y == 0)
$min_y = date('Y');
// Default maximum year is two years ahead
if ($max_y == 0)
$max_y = ($min_y + 2);
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Start off with the drop-down for Days
// Start opening the select element
echo ('<select class="inputs" name="'. $var_d. '"');
// Add disabled attribute if necessary
if (!$enabled)
echo (' disabled="disabled"');
// Finish opening the select element
echo ('>');
// Loop round and create an option element for each day (1 - 31)
for ($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++) {
// Start the option element
echo('<option value="'. $i. '"');
// If this is the selected day, add the selected attribute
if ($i == $sel_d)
echo(' selected ');
// Display the value and close the option element
echo('>'. $i. '</option>');
}
// Close the select element
echo('</select>');
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Now do the drop-down for Months
// Start opening the select element
echo('<select class="inputs" name="'. $var_m. '"');
// Add disabled attribute if necessary
if (!$enabled)
echo(' disabled="disabled"');
// Finish opening the select element
echo('>');
// Loop round and create an option element for each month (Jan - Dec)
for ($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++) {
// Start the option element
echo('<option value="'. $i. '"');
// If this is the selected month, add the selected attribute
if ($i == $sel_m)
echo(' selected="selected"');
// Display the value and close the option element
echo('>'. date('F', mktime(3, 0, 0, $i)). '</option>');
}
// Close the select element
echo('</select>');
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Finally, the drop-down for Years
// Start opening the select element
echo('<select class="inputs" name="'. $var_y. '"');
// Add disabled attribute if necessary
if (!$enabled)
echo(' disabled="disabled"');
// Finish opening the select element
echo('>');
// Loop round and create an option element for each year ($min_y - $max_y)
for ($i = $min_y; $i <= $max_y; $i++) {
// Start the option element
echo('<option value="'. $i. '"');
// If this is the selected year, add the selected attribute
if ($i == $sel_y)
echo(' selected ');
// Display the value and close the option element
echo('>'. $i. '</option>');
}
// Close the select element
echo('</select>');
}
echo('test'.selectDate());
