Smarty

[cybot]

it would be nice if html_select_date can be called like this:

{html_select_date start=$smarty.now order='reverse' count=5 single=true}

would produce something like this:

<option value="2005-04-11">2005-04-11</option>
<option value="2005-04-10">2005-04-10</option>
<option value="2005-04-09">2005-04-09</option>
<option value="2005-04-08">2005-04-08</option>
<option value="2005-04-07">2005-04-07</option>

[mohrt]

You can't get them all in a single dropdown box (there would be WAY too many of them in many cases), you can supply your dates from PHP and use {html_options} to display them.

[mohrt]

Adding that feature wouldn't be easy, it really changes the behavior of the dropdown. What if you wanted this (by months, not days):

<option value="2005-04">2005-04</option>
<option value="2005-03">2005-03</option>
<option value="2005-02">2005-02</option>

or this (different format):

<option value="200504">Apr 2005</option>
<option value="200503">Mar 2005</option>
<option value="200502">Feb 2005</option>

[boots]

It is hard to get around the fact that multiple html drop-downs are an expediant but rather clumsy way to provide date controls.

If you can afford javascript at your site and for your users, I find this to be very useful: http://www.phpinsider.com/smarty-forum/viewtopic.php?t=3853

[cybot]

[mohrt]

[cybot]

[cybot]

[mohrt]

[php:1:652e611819]
$start_date = time();
$count = 5;
for($x=0; $x<$count; $x++) {
$smarty->append('dates', strftime("%Y-%m-%d", $start_date + 86400 * $x));
}
[/php:1:652e611819]

[boots]