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  • Greg
    #1

    PHP Date problem

    On our companies website have have several pages that submit to a
    database that php provides the date automatically. One page, however,
    will not. This page is generated by a database search and have 5 fields
    that are added and then updated in the database. One of these fields is
    the date.

    <INPUT NAME="daterepai red" TYPE="text" VALUE="<?php echo date("M d,
    Y")" ?>; SIZE="15">

    This doesn't work. It displays a box with <?php echo date( in it. I
    have tried replacing " with ' with no difference. I'm beginning to
    think that it is because the page this is on is generated from a php
    search script. This code works for me on the other pages. Anyone have
    any suggestions or alternatives?

    Thanks for your help,

    Greg

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    • Ewoud Dronkert
      #2
      Re: PHP Date problem

      Greg wrote:[color=blue]
      > <INPUT NAME="daterepai red" TYPE="text" VALUE="<?php echo date("M d,
      > Y")" ?>; SIZE="15">[/color]

      Switch the semi-colon with the double-quote before it.

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        • John Dunlop
          #3
          Re: PHP Date problem

          Greg wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > <INPUT NAME="daterepai red" TYPE="text" VALUE="<?php echo date("M d,
          > Y")" ?>; SIZE="15">
          >
          > This doesn't work. It displays a box with <?php echo date( in it.[/color]

          sounds like the file isn't PHP parsed.

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          Jock

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            • Greg
              #4
              Re: PHP Date problem

              Sorry, typo on my part. Below is how it is on the site.

              <input name="daterepai red" type="text" value="<?php echo date("M d,
              Y");?>" size="15">

              Would the fact that the page this is on being generated by a script
              have any effect on it?

              Thanks,

              Greg

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                • Ewoud Dronkert
                  #5
                  Re: PHP Date problem

                  On 2 Jun 2005 16:36:48 -0700, Greg wrote:[color=blue]
                  > Would the fact that the page this is on being generated by a script
                  > have any effect on it?[/color]

                  Sure. The script generates output, which is sent to the browser. The
                  output is not magically scanned for php tags first. Instead of
                  outputting php code from the script, output what the php code would.


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                    • chotiwallah
                      #6
                      Re: PHP Date problem

                      if your html line is actually generated by php (as you hint) than it
                      should look like this

                      print '<input name="daterepai red" type="text" value="'.date(" M d,
                      Y").'" size="15">';

                      result in the browser:
                      <input name="daterepai red" type="text" value="Jun 03, 2005" size="15">

                      micha

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                        • Greg
                          #7
                          Re: PHP Date problem

                          This did the trick. Thanks for your help.

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