PHP Date Picker

This is a simple to use script that can be called at anytime to insert a date picker into your form.

Example

Usage

Just make a call to

echo DatePicker();

wherever you want the date picker to show. If you want to use it multiple times, just call it multiple times like

echo DatePicker();
echo DatePicker(); 

but make sure you have the first line of the code un commented.

The Code

$iDatePickerCounter = '';		// Used for having multiple date pickers
								// comment it out if you are only going to
								// use ONE datepicker call on this page.
								// (It will make the form element names
								// nicer to work with).
$sYearName 			= 'Year';	// Base name for the Year form element
$sMonthName 		= 'Month';	// Base name for the Month form element
$sDayName 			= 'Day';	// Base name for the Day form element

$iFromYear			= 1985;		// Starting Year
$iToYear			= 2030;		// Ending Year

function DatePicker(){
	// Call up the global variables
	global $iDatePickerCounter,
		   $sYearName,
		   $sMonthName,
		   $sDayName,
		   $iFromYear,
		   $iToYear;

	// Set up some base variables
	$sPostFix = '';
	$sNL = "\r\n";

	if(isset($iDatePickerCounter)){
		$iDatePickerCounter++;
		$sPostFix = '_' . $iDatePickerCounter;
	}

	// Start the coding of the SELECT areas
	$sYearDropDown 	= '
' . $sNL;
	$sMonthDropDown = '
' . $sNL;
	$sDayDropDown 	= '
' . $sNL;

	// Year loop
	for($i = $iFromYear; $i <= $iToYear; $i++){
		$sYearDropDown .= "\t" . '


' . $sNL;
	}
	$sYearDropDown .= '

' . $sNL . $sNL;

	// Month Loop
	$sDummyDate = '2008-01-01';
	for($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++){
		$sMonthDropDown .= "\t" .'


' . $sNL;
	}
	$sMonthDropDown .= '

' . $sNL . $sNL;

	// Day loop
	for($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++){
		$sDayDropDown .= "\t" .'


' . $sNL;
	}
	$sDayDropDown .= '

' . $sNL . $sNL;

	return $sYearDropDown . $sMonthDropDown . $sDayDropDown;
}