| Brad Bonkoski 2006-05-16, 7:00 pm |
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Mark Bomgardner wrote:
> PHP 4.4/MySQL 4.0
>
> I am tying to convert a date to put into a database from a string (ie:
> January, February) to a numeric value (ie: 01,02). I am taking the
> value from a form, which is a drop down menu listing the months.
>
> $sMonth1 = $_POST['Smonth']; returns the money selected from the form.
> When I go to format the month from a string to numeric with
> date('m',strtotime($sMonth1));
> it returns 12, no matter which month I select.
>
> In reading the docs at php.net, date('m',strtotime($sMonth1)); is
> correct to reformat from a string to a time format.
>
> What am I missing.
>
>
> mark bomgardner
>
An idea along a different path would be....
for your original select box where you pick the month do something like
this:
<option value="01">January</option>
<option value="02">Febuary</option>
.....
Then the value passed to your form will be the numeric representation of
the month so there will be no need to translate the String --> number..
HTH
-Brad
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