date values

[lukeurtnowski]

I have a form with a date field which goes back 90 days
http://scasp.com/testing/reviewform.php
I'm trying to get the value to match the selected date in the form yyyy-mm-dd but am not sure if this is correct

$opt_date[0] = date("Y, F, j",$get_today);
echo "<option value='date(o-m-d, $opt_date[0])'>" . $opt_date[0] . "</option>";
for($i = 1; $i < 90; $i++){
$opt_date[$i] = date("Y, F, j",$get_today - $timestamp_val_for_1_day);
$timestamp_val_for_1_day += 86400;
echo "<option value='date(o-m-d, $opt_date[$i] )'>" . $opt_date[$i] . "</option>";
} 

Did I do something wrong?

[sneakyimp]

you defined $timestamp_val_for_1_day AFTER you try to use it to assign a value to $opt_date[$i]. try switching those two lines? it would also be helpful if you described the code's behavior and what you don't like about it.

[Installer]

You want to display the option dates in the format "2006, June, 20", and to pass the selected value in the format "2006-06-20". Is that correct? If so, then:

for ($d = 0; $d <= 90; $d++) {
    $ts_date = strtotime('-' . $d . ' days');
    $value_date = date('Y-m-d', $ts_date);
    $display_date = date('Y, F, j', $ts_date);
    echo '<option value="' . $value_date . '">' . $display_date . '</option>'; 
}

I know you've been introduced to strtotime() at least a couple of times before. When you learn to use it your date manipulation problems will be less frequent.

[lukeurtnowski]

Yea, I'm just trying to get a handle on it thanks.