Date processing Using Form

[gorilla1]

The code below comes from a snippet on evolt.org. I am trying to use it so that the viewer can select a date which will be used to archive a file. Once I get the basic form processing to work, the form will be set up so that a default value (based on the modification time of the file) will be used. However, when I run this, the date turns up as 0-0-0, so it appears that the processing of the posted data is failing, for reasons that I cannot see. Can anyone spot the error in the logic?

G
<?
if($HTTP_POST_VARS['submit']) {

// Get date selected and write it to display

$PostedDate = GetDateSelectString();
echo $PostedDate;
echo "<br>";
echo strtotime ($PostedDate), "\n";
}

// funtion below writes the select and option tags
// ispost is set to false only if you want to use get instead of post
// $Prefix is used only when for multiple date fields on a form, such as begin and end date
function WriteDateSelect($BeginYear = 0,
$EndYear = 0,
$IsPosted = true,
$Prefix = '')
{
if (! $BeginYear)
{
$BeginYear = date('Y');
}

if (! $EndYear)
{
$EndYear = $BeginYear;
}

$Year = $IsPosted
? (int) $_POST[$Prefix . 'Year']
: (int) $_GET[$Prefix . 'Year'];
$Month = $IsPosted
? (int) $_POST[$Prefix . 'Month']
: (int) $_GET[$Prefix . 'Month'];
$Day = $IsPosted
? (int) $_POST[$Prefix . 'Day']
: (int) $_GET[$Prefix . 'Day'];

echo '<select name="', $Prefix, 'Year">
';

for ($i = $BeginYear; $i <= $EndYear; $i++)
{
echo '<option ';

if ($i == $Year)
echo 'selected="yes"';

echo '>', $i, '</option>
';
}

echo '</select>-
<select name="', $Prefix, 'Month">
';

for ($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++)
{
echo '<option ';

if ($i == $Month)
echo 'selected="yes"';

echo '>', $i, '</option>
';
}

echo '</select>-
<select name="', $Prefix, 'Day">
';

for ($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++)
{
echo '<option ';

if ($i == $Day)
echo 'selected="yes"';

echo '>', $i, '</option>
';
}

echo '</select>
';
return;
}

// process the data and inject slashes into date
function GetDateSelectString($IsPosted = true,
$Prefix = '')
{
if ($IsPosted)
{
return (int) $_POST[$Prefix . 'Year']
. '-' . (int) $_POST[$Prefix . 'Month']
. '-' . (int) $_POST[$Prefix . 'Day'];
}

return (int) $_GET[$Prefix . 'Year']
. '-' . (int) $_GET[$Prefix . 'Month']
. '-' . (int) $_GET[$Prefix . 'Day'];
}

?>
<center>
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="380" >
<tr class="frm1">
<td>

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr class="frm1">
<td class="frm1" width="100%" height="35"><p class="frm1">Manage Files</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="frm2" colspan="2">
<p class="frm2">Move directory:</p><form name="addEntry" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>" method="post">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<?php $mod = filemtime("xfile"); ?>
<tr><td class="frm2"><p class="frm2">Rename to:</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php WriteDateSelect(2002, 2005); ?></td></tr>



<tr><td><IMG src="../1pix.gif" alt="" BORDER=0></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input type="submit" name="submit" class="button" value="Rename it">
</td></tr>
</table></form>

</td>
</tr>
</table></center>

[gorilla1]

Turns out this code fails to work only in my phpdev environment - it works on a server. Which is why no one if they looked could spot the error. Sorry.

G

[firepages]

Hi gorilla1 , if you have the original phpdev4 then its probably the $_POST superglobals etc which were not around in 4.06...

theres a new version at http://www.firepages.com.au/dev423.htm for any interested with the latest php/apache versions etc

[gorilla1]

Thanks, Firepages.