Date Drop Down List
Mon, 2008/01/28 - 02:46 — Jamie
This simple PHP snippet shows how to show a drop down list of dates shown in descending order with current year selected. The data range is easily configured as is the pre-selected date.
The code is valid XHTML and can be modified to pre-select any date within the range or none at all if desired..
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$startdate = ( date('Y') - 25 );
$current = date('Y');
$maxdate = ( date('Y') + 5 );
$validfrom = '<select name="validfrom">'."\n";
foreach ( range($maxdate,$startdate) as $years ){
$selected = ($years == $current ) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
$validfrom .= '<option value="'. $years .'"'. $selected .'>'. $years .'</option>'."\n";
}
$validfrom .= '</select>';
echo $validfrom;
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