Using variables from a class

[seetz10]

I have used a class to create a drop down calender.
But i want to be able to use the selected date that the user chooses
as a variable in another page.
I want to use the date to be able to display dates in a table.

Can anyone help please?

<?
class date_pulldown {
var $name;
var $timestamp = -1;
var $months = array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec");
var $yearstart = -1;
var $yearend = -1;

function date_pulldown($name) {
$this->name = $name;
}

function setDate_global( ) {
if (!$this->setDate_array($GLOBALS[$this->name])) {
return $this->setDate_timestamp(time());
}
return true;
}

function setDate_timestamp($time) {
$this->timestamp = $time;
return true;
}

function setDate_array($inputdate) {
if (is_array($inputdate) &&
isset($inputdate['mon']) &&
isset($inputdate['mday']) &&
isset($inputdate['year'])) {

$this->timestamp = mktime(11, 59, 59, $inputdate['mon'], $inputdate['mday'], $inputdate['year']);
return true;
}

return false;
}

function setYearStart($year) {
$this->yearstart = $year;
}

function setYearEnd($year) {
$this->yearend = $year;
}

function getYearStart() {
if ($this->yearstart < 0) {
$nowarray = getdate(time());
$this->yearstart = $nowarray[year]-5;
}

return $this->yearstart;
}

function getYearEnd() {
if ($this->yearend < 0) {
$nowarray = getdate(time());
$this->yearend = $nowarray[year]+8;
}
return $this->yearend;
}

function output() {
if ($this->timestamp < 0) {
$this->setDate_global();
}
$datearray = getdate($this->timestamp);
$out = $this->day_select($this->name, $datearray);
$out .= $this->month_select($this->name, $datearray);
$out .= $this->year_select($this->name, $datearray);
return $out;
}

function day_select($fieldname, $datearray) {
$out = "<select name=\"$fieldname"."[mday]\">\n";
for ($x=1; $x<=31; $x++) {
$out .= "<option value=\"$x\"".($datearray['mday']==($x) ?" SELECTED":"").">".sprintf("%02d", $x ) ."\n";
}
$out .= "</select>\n";
return $out;
}

function month_select($fieldname, $datearray) {
$out = "<select name=\"$fieldname"."[mon]\">\n";
for ($x = 1; $x <= 12; $x++) {
$out .= "<option value=\"".($x)."\"".($datearray['mon']==($x) ?" SELECTED":"")."> ".$this->months[$x-1]."\n";
}
$out .= "</select>\n";
return $out;
}

function year_select($fieldname, $datearray) {
$out = "<select name=\"$fieldname"."[year]\">";
$start = $this->getYearStart();
$end = $this->getYearEnd();
for ($x= $start; $x < $end; $x++) {
$out .= "<option value=\"$x\"".($datearray['year']==($x) ?" SELECTED":"").">$x\n";
}
$out .= "</select>\n";
return $out;
}
}
?>

[piz]

Re: Using variables from a class

Originally posted by seetz10
[B]I have used a class to create a drop down calender.
But i want to be able to use the selected date that the user chooses
as a variable in another page.

What do you think about a form submiting the selected date by post?

<form action="target_script.php" method="post">
<!--- calendar an all other elemets which value you want to submit -->
<input type="submit"/>
</form>