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{html_select_time}
{html_select_time} is a custom function
that creates time dropdowns for you. It can display any or all of hour,
minute, second and meridian.
The time attribute can have different formats. It can be a unique
timestamp, a string of the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS or a string that is
parseable by PHP's strtotime().
Attribute Name Type Required Default Description
prefix string No Time\_ What to prefix the var name with
time [timestamp](&url.php-manual;function.time), [DateTime](&url.php-manual;class.DateTime), mysql timestamp or any string parsable by [`strtotime()`](&url.php-manual;strtotime), arrays as produced by this function if field\_array is set. No current [timestamp](&url.php-manual;function.time) What date/time to pre-select. If an array is given, the attributes field\_array and prefix are used to identify the array elements to extract hour, minute, second and meridian from.
display\_hours boolean No TRUE Whether or not to display hours
display\_minutes boolean No TRUE Whether or not to display minutes
display\_seconds boolean No TRUE Whether or not to display seconds
display\_meridian boolean No TRUE Whether or not to display meridian (am/pm)
use\_24\_hours boolean No TRUE Whether or not to use 24 hour clock
minute\_interval integer No 1 Number interval in minute dropdown
second\_interval integer No 1 Number interval in second dropdown
hour\_format string No \%02d What format the hour label should be in (sprintf)
hour\_value\_format string No \%20d What format the hour value should be in (sprintf)
minute\_format string No \%02d What format the minute label should be in (sprintf)
minute_value_format string No %20d What format the minute value should be in (sprintf) second_format string No %02d What format the second label should be in (sprintf) second_value_format string No %20d What format the second value should be in (sprintf) field_array string No n/a Outputs values to array of this name all_extra string No null Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given hour_extra string No null Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given minute_extra string No null Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given second_extra string No null Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given meridian_extra string No null Adds extra attributes to select/input tags if given field_separator string No \n String printed between different fields option_separator string No \n String printed between different options of a field all_id string No null Adds id-attribute to all select/input tags if given hour_id string No null Adds id-attribute to select/input tags if given minute_id string No null Adds id-attribute to select/input tags if given second_id string No null Adds id-attribute to select/input tags if given meridian_id string No null Adds id-attribute to select/input tags if given all_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of any select-box has this value as it's label and "" as it's value. This is useful to make the select-boxes read "Please select" for example. hour_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of the hour's select-box has this value as it's label and "" as it's value. This is useful to make the select-box read "Please select an hour" for example. minute_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of the minute's select-box has this value as it's label and "" as it's value. This is useful to make the select-box read "Please select an minute" for example. second_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of the second's select-box has this value as it's label and "" as it's value. This is useful to make the select-box read "Please select an second" for example. meridian_empty string No null If supplied then the first element of the meridian's select-box has this value as it's label and "" as it's value. This is useful to make the select-box read "Please select an meridian" for example.
{html_select_time use_24_hours=true}
At 9:20 and 23 seconds in the morning the template above would output:
<select name="Time_Hour">
<option value="00">00</option>
<option value="01">01</option>
... snipped ....
<option value="08">08</option>
<option value="09" selected>09</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
... snipped ....
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
</select>
<select name="Time_Minute">
<option value="00">00</option>
<option value="01">01</option>
... snipped ....
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20" selected>20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
... snipped ....
<option value="58">58</option>
<option value="59">59</option>
</select>
<select name="Time_Second">
<option value="00">00</option>
<option value="01">01</option>
... snipped ....
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23" selected>23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
... snipped ....
<option value="58">58</option>
<option value="59">59</option>
</select>
<select name="Time_Meridian">
<option value="am" selected>AM</option>
<option value="pm">PM</option>
</select>
See also $smarty.now,
{html_select_date} and the
date tips page.