Quite simple:
$this_year = date('Y');
for ($i= $this_year-1; $i < $this_year+3; ++$i) {
print "<option value='$i'" .
($i==$this_year ? "selected='selected' : '') . ">$i</option>\n";
}
Obviously modify for however you're doing output. (Note that you DO want to
have the redundant value attribute in there, otherwise some Javascript things
don't work right in IE. Good habit to get into.) I don't think it can
really get more simple and elegant.
On Thursday 16 November 2006 23:26, Albert Padley wrote:
> I want to build a select drop down that includes last year, the
> current year and 3 years into the future. Obviously, I could easily
> hard code this or use a combination of the date and mktime functions
> to populate the select. However, I'm looking for a more elegant way
> of doing this.
>
> Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
>
> Al Padley
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