Create Form Elements Based on the Current Time and/or Date in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to create Form Elements Based on the Current Time and/or Date.
Example
<html>//from ww w. j av a 2 s .c o m
<body>
<?php
if ($_POST['submitted'] == "yes"){
echo $_POST['month'] . "/" . $_POST['day'] . "/" . $_POST['year'] . " - " . $_POST['hour'] . ":" . $_POST['minute'] . ":" . $_POST['second'];
?><br /><a href="index.php">Try Again</a><?php
}
if ($_POST['submitted'] != "yes"){
?>
<form action="index.php" method="post">
<p>Example:</p>
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="yes" />
Select a Date and Time: <br />
<select name="month">
<?php
for ($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++){
?><option value="<?php echo $i; ?>"<?php if ($i == date ("n")){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo $i; ?></option><?php
}
?>
</select> /
<select name="day">
<?php
for ($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++){
?><option value="<?php echo $i; ?>"<?php if ($i == date ("j")){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo $i; ?></option><?php
}
?>
</select> /
<select name="year">
<?php
for ($i = 1950; $i <= date ("Y"); $i++){
?><option value="<?php echo $i; ?>"<?php if ($i == date ("Y")){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo $i; ?></option><?php
}
?>
</select> -
<select name="hour">
<?php
for ($i = 1; $i <= 24; $i++){
?><option value="<?php echo $i; ?>"<?php if ($i == date ("G")){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo $i; ?></option><?php
}
?>
</select> :
<select name="minute">
<?php
for ($i = 1; $i <= 60; $i++){
//Deal with leading zeros.
if ($i < 10){
$comparem = "0" . $i;
} else {
$comparem = $i;
}
?><option value="<?php echo $i; ?>"<?php if ($comparem == date ("i")){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo $i; ?></option><?php
}
?>
</select> :
<select name="second">
<?php
for ($i = 1; $i <= 60; $i++){
if ($i < 10){
$compares = "0" . $i;
} else {
$compares = $i;
}
?><option value="<?php echo $i; ?>"<?php if ($compares == date ("s")){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo $i; ?></option><?php
}
?>
</select>
<br /><input type="submit" value="Submit" style="margin-top: 10px;" />
</form>
<?php
}
?>
</div>
</body>
</html>