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phpmysqldatedatepicker
huddds
huddds

Reputation: 1045

PHP if date equals then

Hi I'm trying use a datepicker on a field I have. I'm trying to set the date field up so the user can only edit this field if the date value in the database is set to deafault (0000-00-00). If there is a value that's not equal to default I want to show the date created.

Here's the code I have attempted:

          if( $post['Date'] = var_dump(checkdate(00, 00, 0000))){ 
          echo "<input type=\"text\" class=\"datepicker\" name=\"pDate\" style=\"border:#000099; margin:10px;\" value=\"";
          echo $post['Date'];
          echo "\"> <input id=\"start_dt\" class=\"datepicker\">";
          }
          if( $post['Date'] != var_dump(checkdate(00, 00, 0000))){ 
          echo "<span>date created: </span>";
          echo $post['Date'];

          }

It's not working atm so any help or a point in the right direction would be great. Please also take into account I haven't added any proper styling so I'm only after help with the functionality.

Many thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1307

Answers (3)

a sad dude
a sad dude

Reputation: 2825

No need to invent anything: $post['Date'] == '0000-00-00'

Also, you should use NULL instead of default in most cases.

Upvotes: 0

Starx
Starx

Reputation: 79031

var_dump() is used for debugging purpose rather than inside conditional expression. Next, using = assigns the values not checks for them. You are assigning the values of var_dump() results to $post['Date'] So change them to ==

You should be trying to to something like this

  if( $post['Date'] == checkdate(00, 00, 0000)){ 
      echo "<input type=\"text\" class=\"datepicker\" name=\"pDate\" style=\"border:#000099; margin:10px;\" value=\"".$post['Date']"\">";
      echo "<input id=\"start_dt\" class=\"datepicker\">";
  } else {
      echo "<span>date created: </span>";
      echo $post['Date'];
  }

Upvotes: 1

Michael
Michael

Reputation: 12806

  1. You don't want to use var_dump(). But it would help if you told us the structure of the value of $post['Date'].

  2. You want to use ==, not = for your first if statement. You should be comparing, not assigning, (a) value(s).

  3. The second if statement can just be changed to an else.

  4. Just checking, but do you mean $_POST['Date'] rather than $post['Date']?

Upvotes: 2

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