Adding Date Selector to a Form

[janet287]

I need to change a field that is set as "text" right now into a "Date Time Selector" field. The date time selector is already an object used in other places in the application, I just need to figure out how to add it to this field.

Here is the code for the date time selector used in another php file:
$mform =& $this->_form;
$mform->addElement('date_time_selector', 'assesstimestart', get_string('from'));

Here is the definition of the element:
date_selector ([string $elementName = last_attend_date], [mixed $elementLabel = null], [array $options = array()], [mixed $attributes = null])

Here is the section of code I need to change from text to use this:
$table->data[$student->id][] = '<input type="text" name="last_attend_date'.$student->id.'" size="" value="'.($att ? $att->last_attend_date : '').'">';

Can anyone help me? Suggestions?

[janet287]

Hi -
I've made some progress. I now can add the date selector to the screen, I just can't figure out how to get it to appear beside the student id....i.e. how to integrate it into the logic already there.

Here is what is already there that creates a text field:

$table->data[$student->id][] = '<input type="text" name="last_attend_date'.$student->id.'" size="" value="'.($att ? $att->last_attend_date : '').'">';

I tried something like this with the print_date_selector function.... it isn't working, but I think I am closer. Any suggestions on how to make the code below work?

$table->data[$student->id] [] = '<print_date_selector("startday", "startmonth", "startyear")'.$student->id.'" size="" value="'.($att ? $att->last_attend_date 🙂.'>';

Thanks!