{html_select_time} is a
custom function
that creates time dropdowns for you.
It can display any or all of hour, minute, second and meridian.
The time attribute can have different formats.
It can be a unique timestamp, a string of the format
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS or a string that is parseable by PHP's
strtotime().
| Attribute Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prefix | string | No | Time_ | What to prefix the var name with |
| time | timestamp | No | current time | What date/time to use |
| display_hours | boolean | No | TRUE |
Whether or not to display hours |
| display_minutes | boolean | No | TRUE |
Whether or not to display minutes |
| display_seconds | boolean | No | TRUE |
Whether or not to display seconds |
| display_meridian | boolean | No | TRUE |
Whether or not to display meridian (am/pm) |
| use_24_hours | boolean | No | TRUE |
Whether or not to use 24 hour clock |
| minute_interval | integer | No | 1 | Number interval in minute dropdown |
| second_interval | integer | No | 1 | Number interval in second dropdown |
| field_array | string | No | n/a | Outputs values to array of this name |
| all_extra | string | No | null | Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given |
| hour_extra | string | No | null | Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given |
| minute_extra | string | No | null | Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given |
| second_extra | string | No | null | Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given |
| meridian_extra | string | No | null | Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given |
Example 8.21. {html_select_time}
{html_select_time use_24_hours=true}
At 9:20 and 23 seconds in the morning the template above would output:
<select name="Time_Hour"> <option value="00">00</option> <option value="01">01</option> ... snipped .... <option value="08">08</option> <option value="09" selected>09</option> <option value="10">10</option> ... snipped .... <option value="22">22</option> <option value="23">23</option> </select> <select name="Time_Minute"> <option value="00">00</option> <option value="01">01</option> ... snipped .... <option value="19">19</option> <option value="20" selected>20</option> <option value="21">21</option> ... snipped .... <option value="58">58</option> <option value="59">59</option> </select> <select name="Time_Second"> <option value="00">00</option> <option value="01">01</option> ... snipped .... <option value="22">22</option> <option value="23" selected>23</option> <option value="24">24</option> ... snipped .... <option value="58">58</option> <option value="59">59</option> </select> <select name="Time_Meridian"> <option value="am" selected>AM</option> <option value="pm">PM</option> </select>
See also
$smarty.now,
{html_select_date}
and the date tips page.
Comments
by Matthew Waygood on Feb 17, 2012 at 12:50
If you specify an interval, the current value will be rounded down to the nearest value. ie interval 5 with a value of 12 rounds down to 10.
It would be nice to be able to choose which direction or method of rounding to use. I am currently using this for a start and end time. Because of the rounding down the end time may not be included in my processing.
ie 5:11 to 6:12 - results in 5:10 to 6:10
Including the extra minute for start is fine, but missing out 2 minutes on the end is NOT.
Yes, I can add 5 minutes in php, but this defeats the object of using templates.