PHP Code For Year Month Day DropDown Select

Years Months and Days Drop-down List using PHP Code. using PHP creates a Dynamic year months days selecting option list with the current month, day, and year.

PHP code for the year select

Creating Year Selecting dropdown using PHP code. Copy and paste the code where you want the drop-down list to appear

Demo PHP year list

PHP

<select id="year" name="year">
    <option value="">Select Year</option>
<?php 
    $year_start  = 1940;
    $year_end = date('Y'); // current Year
    $selected_year = 1992; // user date of birth year

    for ($i_year = $year_start; $i_year <= $year_end; $i_year++) {
        $selected = $selected_year == $i_year ? ' selected' : '';
        echo '<option value="'.$i_year.'"'.$selected.'>'.$i_year.'</option>'."\n";
    }
?>
</select>

PHP code for the day select

This PHP code creates the day selection HTML dropdown

Demo PHP Day select

PHP

<select id="day" name="day">
    <option value="">Select Day</option>
<?php
    $selected_day = date('d'); //current day
    for ($i_day = 1; $i_day <= 31; $i_day++) { 
        $selected = $selected_day == $i_day ? ' selected' : '';
        echo '<option value="'.$i_day.'"'.$selected.'>'.$i_day.'</option>'."\n";
    }
?>
</select>

PHP code for the month select

This PHP code creates the month selection HTML dropdown

Demo PHP Month select

PHP

<select id="month" name="month">
    <option value="">Select Month</option>
<?php
    $selected_month = date('m'); //current month
    for ($i_month = 1; $i_month <= 12; $i_month++) { 
        $selected = $selected_month == $i_month ? ' selected' : '';
        echo '<option value="'.$i_month.'"'.$selected.'>('.$i_month.') '. date('F', mktime(0,0,0,$i_month)).'</option>'."\n";
    }
?>
</select>

Names of months PHP array in different languages

Select the language from the list below. Then PHP array list names of months in your selected language will appear below.

Select the language to create a PHP array list of month names in Arabic, French, or German. And replace the month name variable below code

Select Language

PHP

// french month
$months_name = ["janvier", "février", "Mars", "avril", "Peut", "juin", "juillet", "août", "septembre", "octobre", "novembre", "décembre"];

PHP

<select id="month" name="month">
  <option value="">Select Month</option>
  <?php
    $selected_month = date('m'); //current month
    // replace and add new months list
    $months_name = ["ٱلْمُحَرَّم", "صَفَر", "رَبِيع ٱلْأَوَّل", "رَبِيع ٱلثَّانِي / رَبِيع ٱلْآخِر", "جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأُولَىٰ", "جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِيَة", "جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِرَة", "رَجَب", "شَعْبَان", "رَمَضَان", "شَوَّال", "ذُو ٱلْقَعْدَة", "ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة]"];

    for ($i_month = 1; $i_month <= 12; $i_month++) { 
        $selected = ($selected_month == $i_month ? ' selected' : '');
        echo '<option value="'.$i_month.'"'.$selected.'>'. $months_name[$i_month-1].'</option>'."\n";
    }
?>
</select>

Create a drop-down selection of Arabic number years using PHP

PHP code that creates a dropdown that selects the year of the Arabic numerals

Demo PHP year list Arabic number

PHP

<select id="year" name="year">
    <option value="">Select Year</option>
<?php 
    function numberToArabic($number){ 
        $number = (string)$number;
        $arabic_num = ['٠','١','٢','٣','٤','٥','٦','٧','٨','٩'];
        $newValue = "";
        for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($number); $i++) {
            $newValue .= $arabic_num[$number[$i]];
        }
        return $newValue;
    }

    $year_start  = 1940;
    $year_end = date('Y'); // current Year
    $user_selected_year = 1992;

    for ($i_year = $year_start; $i_year <= $year_end; $i_year++) {
        $selected = ($user_selected_year == $i_year ? ' selected' : '');
        $arabic_year = numberToArabic($i_year); // numbers to arabic digits
        echo '<option value="'.$arabic_year.'"'.$selected.'>'.$arabic_year.'</option>'."\n";
    }
?>
</select>

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PHP functions for the day, month, year drop-down

Below is the code to create a drop-down selection of year, month, and days using a PHP function code

PHP function to create year dropdown selection

PHP

<?php
function year_dropdow($year_start=1940, $selected_year=0) {
    $year_end = date('Y');
    $year_length = strlen((string) $year_start);
    if ($year_start > $year_end || $year_length < 4 || $year_length > 4) {
        return 'invalid year start '.$year_start;
    }
    $option = '';
    $option .='<select id="year" name="year">'."\n";
    $option .= '<option value="0">year</option>'."\n";
    for ($i_year = $year_start; $i_year <= $year_end; $i_year++) {
        $selected = ($selected_year == $i_year ? ' selected' : '');
        $option .= '<option value="'.$i_year.'"'.$selected.'>'.$i_year.'</option>'."\n";
    }
    $option .= '</select>'."\n";
    return $option;
}

/* usage
 2 Parameters
 1 year start (1940) 
 2 selected year (1992)
*/

echo year_dropdow(1940,1992);
?>

PHP function to create month dropdown selection

PHP

<?php
function month_dropdow($selected_month=0) {
    $option = '';
    $option .= '<select id="month" name="month">'."\n";
    $option .= '<option value="0">Month</option>'."\n";
    for ($i_month = 1; $i_month <= 12; $i_month++) { 
        $selected = ($selected_month == $i_month ? ' selected' : '');
        $option .= '<option value="'.$i_month.'"'.$selected.'>'. date('F', mktime(0,0,0,$i_month)).'</option>'."\n";
    }
    $option .= '</select>'."\n";
    return $option;
}

/* usage
 1 Parameters
 selected month 4
*/

echo month_dropdow(4);
?>

PHP function to create days dropdown selection

PHP

<?php
function day_dropdow($selected_day=0) {
    $option = '';
    $option .= '<select id="day" name="day">'."\n";
    $option .= '<option value="0">Day</option>'."\n";
    for ($i_day = 1; $i_day <= 31; $i_day++) { 
        $selected = ($selected_day == $i_day ? ' selected' : '');
        $option .= '<option value="'.$i_day.'"'.$selected.'>'.$i_day.'</option>'."\n";
    }
    $option .= '</select>'."\n";
    return $option;
}

/* usage
 1 Parameters
 selected day 3
*/

echo day_dropdow(3);
?>

PHP Class function code for the day, month, and year drop-down selection

Day, month, and year dropdown selection generating using the PHP class function code

Create a PHP file and add this code to it (date-dropdown-class.php). For inclusion on another page

PHP

<?php
/**
 * drop-down select year month day
 * https://www.html-code-generator.com/php/drop-down/year-month-day
 */
class DateDropDown {
    // year
    public function year($year_start=1940, $selected_year=0) {
        $year_end = date('Y'); // current year
        $year_length = strlen((string) $year_start);
        if ($year_start > $year_end || $year_length < 4 || $year_length > 4) {
            return 'invalid year start '.$year_start;
        }
        $option = '';
        $option .='<select id="year" name="year">'."\n";
        $option .= '<option value="0">year</option>'."\n";
        for ($i_year = $year_start; $i_year <= $year_end; $i_year++) {
            $selected = ($selected_year == $i_year ? ' selected' : '');
            $option .= '<option value="'.$i_year.'"'.$selected.'>'.$i_year.'</option>'."\n";
        }
        $option .= '</select>'."\n\n";
        return $option;
    }
    // month
    public function month($selected_month=0) {
        $option = '';
        $option .= '<select id="month" name="month">'."\n";
        $option .= '<option value="0">Month</option>'."\n";
        for ($i_month = 1; $i_month <= 12; $i_month++) { 
            $selected = ($selected_month == $i_month ? ' selected' : '');
            $option .= '<option value="'.$i_month.'"'.$selected.'>'. date('F', mktime(0,0,0,$i_month)).'</option>'."\n";
        }
        $option .= '</select>'."\n\n";
        return $option;
    }
    // day 
    public function day($selected_day=0) {
        $option = '';
        $option .= '<select id="day" name="day">'."\n";
        $option .= '<option value="0">Day</option>'."\n";
        for ($i_day = 1; $i_day <= 31; $i_day++) { 
            $selected = ($selected_day == $i_day ? ' selected' : '');
            $option .= '<option value="'.$i_day.'"'.$selected.'>'.$i_day.'</option>'."\n";
        }
        $option .= '</select>'."\n\n";
        return $option;
    }
}

?>

Download Class function

Usage class function

PHP

<?php
include './date-dropdown-class.php';

// usage
$dd = new DateDropDown();

/* 
  year 2 Parameters
  1 year start (1940)
  2 selected year (1992)
  year end current year
*/
echo $dd->year(1940, 1992);

/*
  month 1 Parameter
  selected month (4)
*/
echo $dd->month(4);

/*
  day 1 Parameter
  selected day (3)
*/
echo $dd->day(3);
?>

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