Having a drop down menu for month selection is a relatively common need, but it can be a pain to write from scratch each time. Here’s a short snippet that will generate a select input (drop down menu) for all 12 months of the year – the option values will be the month numbers with leading zeros:
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| <?php | |
| function month_select_box( $field_name = 'month' ) { | |
| $month_options = ''; | |
| for( $i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++ ) { | |
| $month_num = str_pad( $i, 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT ); | |
| $month_name = date( 'F', mktime( 0, 0, 0, $i + 1, 0, 0, 0 ) ); | |
| $month_options .= '<option value="' . esc_attr( $month_num ) . '">' . $month_name . '</option>'; | |
| } | |
| return '<select name="' . $field_name . '">' . $month_options . '</select>'; | |
| } | |
| ?> |
To remove the leading zeros, simply remove the line with the str_pad() function.
Perfect
Thanks!