When I use XoopsFormDateTime the script always enters a value into the text field, which is very nice, but not always wanted.

I just want to have an empty input field, so that the current date/time will be not inserted when not set on purpose.

To do this I have made this function.

and then into script:


However, I needed only date form without time, but I think it would be easy to add.
In my solution I replace the standard button [...] by image located in '/modules/mymodule/images/date.png'.

NOTICE: This my function from above doesn't work since Xoops 2.5.4. There were changes in xoops calendar and the file: /include/calendarjs.php even not exist in the latest Xoops.

Better solution - use OOP: extend original class XoopsFormTextDateSelect and add parameter $autofill



Moreover this class accepts English textual datetime description and convert it into a timestamp (see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php).
Example, this displays a later date by one day:

Empty field:

Yes, that was a very good solution!

And it shows how searching on the XOOPS Website can help people to avoid reinvent ing the wheel!

A client of mine wanted to have a Calendar field that would show as a default "YYYY/MM/DD", and to only change after the user clicks on the "calendar button". If not, it would save to the database the default value "YYYY/MM/DD".

I was curious if somebody was faced with similar issue, and I've found your post, and with a small modification, it was perfect!

So thank you for sharing! It was helpful and it saved me some time!

And it demonstrates nicely the power of OOP!