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[nycphp-talk] I need a date...sorta...

Ophir Prusak prusak at gmail.com
Tue Nov 30 10:20:43 EST 2004


I actually find that a "pop up" type calendar for dates is the best solution.
See expedia.com for an example of what I mean. This is especially true
when the user might not remember the exact dates without looking at a
calendar.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:27:59 -0500, csnyder <chsnyder at gmail.com> wrote:
> Other considerations in this thread aside, I like to provide a single
> text field for each of start date and end date, then use strtotime()
> on the input.
> 
> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php
> 
> This only works for applications where you know the input is generally
> going to be good (intranets, selfnets), but it's a lot quicker to fill
> out a text field than it is to dial up a date from pulldown menus.
> 
> 
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