[RESOLVED] Simple Calendar

[RayAdams23]

This is just a simple calendar program - the code below works great once I select a month and year on my form and submit it - but upon opening the page it default to January of 1969. The only thing I know for sure is the $month variable initially doesn't hold the month number but rather the month name (ie. July not 6) - where as once I use the form to select the $month now holds the Month number not the Month name.

Anyone have an idea what I done wrong here?

Thanks,

  if((!isset($_POST["month"])) || (!isset($_POST["year"]))) {
      $nowArray = getdate();
      $month = $nowArray["month"];
      $year = $nowArray["year"];
    } else {
      $month = $_POST["month"];
      $year = $_POST["year"];
  }
 $start = mktime (12, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year);
 $firstDayArray = getdate($start);

[bpat1434]

You want "mon" not "month". The manual page states that "month" will be the textual representation while "mon" will be the month number (6 = June). [man]getdate[/man]

[CoderDan]

change:

$month = $_POST["month"];

to something like:

$month_lookup = array( 1 => 1, 'January' => 1, 2=> 2, 'February' => 2 ); // etc for all months
$month = $month_lookup[$_POST['month']];

That'll handle month posted as name or value...