function date and mktime

[uptown_girl]

i want to get a certain date
i use 3 select box first = year , second = month , third = day.

then i want to make a combined date out of it to enter into a database.
i have done
$date = mktime(0,0,0,$Year,$Month,$Day);

but now nothing seems to work, i think i have to make
use the function date on the mktime(...) but i am not too sure,
is it like $date= date(mktime(.....) )

will be obligised is sum1one could help me.

[weirdbeardmt]

First thing to check is your vars exist... I mean if they are coming from a select, just echo to check they're being set properly. Date is used to format a date.

You also have mktime the wrong way round... it should be

mktime(0,0,0,$day,$month,$year)

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php

[kevinpd]

i want to get a certain date
i use 3 select box first = year , second = month , third = day.

then i want to make a combined date out of it to enter into a database.
i have done
$date = mktime(0,0,0,$Year,$Month,$Day);

but now nothing seems to work, i think i have to make
use the function date on the mktime(...) but i am not too sure,
is it like $date= date(mktime(.....) )

will be obligised is sum1one could help me.

I think the following is what you want:

$date = date ("Y-m-d", mktime ($Year, $Month, $Day))

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php for details...

[Helge]

First thing to check is your vars exist... I mean if they are coming from a select, just echo to check they're being set properly. Date is used to format a date.

You also have mktime the wrong way round... it should be

mktime(0,0,0,$day,$month,$year)

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php

Yes you have
It's actually: mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year)

From manual:

Warning: Note the strange order of arguments, which differs from the order of arguments in a regular UNIX mktime()

Anyhow, do what weirdbeardmt suggested: print out the variables to see if they are properly set.

-Helge

[weirdbeardmt]

Yes you have

stupid American way of printing the date

[Helge]

I don't want to even start counting on how many times I've done that stupid mistake too.

-Helge

[uptown_girl]

alright guys, i am doing this on a sample page now, to see if it will work but so far to na avail.

after i select the dates on the select box
i initialise them in date and mktime.
this is what i have

<?php

$date_today = date("m-d-Y", mktime(0,0,0,$ThisDay,$ThisMonth,$ThisYear);
$date_tomorrow = date ("m-d-Y", mktime(0,0,0,$NextDay,$NextMonth,$NextYear);
echo" Today is $date_today";
echo" Tomorrow is $date_ltomorrow";
?>

i use the echo to see if it works but doesn't so far.

even in the varibles if i get rid of the "d-m-Y" it still gives the same error message, that there is a parse error in the lines
$date_today=...
$date_tomorrow= ...

plz can ye hlp me

[weirdbeardmt]

you are missing closing brackets on each of those lines

[weirdbeardmt]

also need to check the variable name in this line echo" Tomorrow is $date_ltomorrow";

[weirdbeardmt]

and check the order of your day/month/year cos you date it using m-d-Y but in yuor mktime you use d-m-y