Need Help with date picker

PartyMarty

Hi everybody!

I know I Know there are thousands of date pickers out there on the web but becasue I am new to php and html I am trying to write on myself!

Ok the following function creates the calender when called from my form! The calander is not a popup and I don't want it to be.
Ok the generation of the calender was no problem! I am having trouble figuring out how to move forward and backwards between months. I figured the best way is to do it with links! My problem is I'm not sure how to increment the months using a link while also not erasing all the data allready entered in my form?

If anybody has some information I would be very thank full

<?php

function CreateCalender($module_name,$intMonth)
{
//<td bgcolor = 'b0e2ff' width='14%'><A href=modules.php?name=$module_name>Hello</A></td>
//<td bgcolor = 'b0e2ff' width='14%'>31</td>
//<td border = '1' bgcolor = 'b0e2ff' width='14%'>31</td>

//<td style='.$Style[1].' bgcolor = 'b0e2ff' width='14%'>31</td>
//<td style='.$Style[0].' bgcolor = 'b0e2ff' width='15%'>31</td>
//<td style='.$Style[1].' bgcolor = 'b0e2ff' width='15%'>31</td>

echo "$intMonth";
$TodayYear = intval(Date("Y"));
$TodayMonth = intval(Date("m"));
$TodayDay = intval(Date("d"));
if ($intMonth == ""){
$StartofMonth = getfirstday($TodayMonth, $TodayYear);
$intMonth = $TodayMonth;
}
else
{
$StartofMonth = getfirstday($intMonth, $TodayYear);
}
$MonthText = date("F", mktime(0,0,0,$intMonth, 1, $TodayYear));
$Numberofdays = intval(Date("t",mktime(0,0,0,$intMonth, 1, $TodayYear)));

$Firstweek = "true";

$iday = 1;

echo "<table align = 'center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='5' style='border-collapse: collapse' bordercolor='#111111' width='185' >";

echo "<TR align = 'center'>
<td bgcolor = '#F62817' width='14%'><A href=modules.php?name=$module_name><<</A></td>
<td width='64%' colspan = '5' style='color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold' bgcolor='#306EFF'>$MonthText $TodayYear</td>
<td bgcolor = '#F62817' width='14%'><A href=modules.php?name=$module_name>>></A></td>
</TR>";
echo "<TR align = 'center'>
<td bgcolor='#C3FDB8' width='14%'>S</td>
<td bgcolor='#C3FDB8' width='14%'>M</td>
<td bgcolor='#C3FDB8' width='14%'>T</td>
<td bgcolor='#C3FDB8' width='14%'>W</td>
<td bgcolor='#C3FDB8' width='14%'>T</td>
<td bgcolor='#C3FDB8' width='14%'>F</td>
<td bgcolor='#C3FDB8' width='14%'>S</td>
</TR>";
for ($i = 0; $i <= 6; $i++)
{
echo "<tr align = 'center'>";
for ( $counter = 0; $counter <= 6; $counter++)
{
if ($Firstweek == "true")
{

 			if ($counter >= $StartofMonth)
 			{
 				echo "<td bgcolor = '#ADDFFF' width='14%'>$iday</td>";
 				$iday++;
 			}
 			else
 			{
 		  	echo "<td bgcolor = 'White' width='14%'></td>";
 			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			if ($iday <= $Numberofdays)
 			{
 				echo "<td bgcolor = '#ADDFFF' width='14%'>$iday</td>";
 				$iday++;
 			}
 			else
 			{
 		  	echo "<td bgcolor = 'white' width='14%'></td>";
 		  	$iday++;
 		  }
 		}     	
 	}

	echo "</tr>";
	$Firstweek = "false";
	if ($iday >= $Numberofdays)
	{
		break;
	}
}
echo "</table>";

return $intMonth;

}

function getfirstday($Month, $Year)
{
$month_start = mktime(0,0,0,$Month, 1, $Year);
$Daynumber = date('w', $month_start);
return $Daynumber;
}

Roger_Ramjet

Very simple fix is to put the calender in an iframe on the page. Then only it's source doc is resubmitted to your server, the rest of the page stays static on the client's browser.

Or you could do it in javascript on the client. Hotscripts or JavaSource, etc are bound to have hundreds to choose from.

PartyMarty

I have also been figuring the same thing?

Could somebody please give a simple example of how to do this in an Iframe?

Many thanks

PartyMarty

Ok I have gotten this far with my Iframe

echo "<iframe src='modules.php?name=$module_name\calender.php'>";
echo "</iframe>";

where calender.php is in the same dir as the module I'm trying to write.
The frame shows up but the calender does not all I see is a file not found error 😕

Roger_Ramjet

Try Sarah King's example and give her credit when you do.