Helpers::DateHelper::date_select

date_select( string $object_name, string $attribute_name, array $options = array() )

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Description

Returns a set of select tags (one for year, month, and day) pre-selected for accessing a specified date-based attribute (identified by method) on an object assigned to the template (identified by object). It’s possible to tailor the selects through the options hash, which accepts all the keys that each of the individual select builders do (like use_month_numbers for select_month) as well as a range of discard options. The discard options are discard_year, discard_month and discard_day. Set to true, they’ll drop the respective select. Discarding the month select will also automatically discard the day select.

Passing disabled => true as part of the options will make elements inaccessible for change.

NOTE: Discarded selects will default to 1. So if no month select is available, January will be assumed.

$object_name a string which is the name of the instanciated model object in your controller that you want date_select to access for the "value".

$attribute_name a string which is the name of the column in the database table or object's attribute you want text_field to access for the "value".

$options is an array of key => value pairs of options for the select.

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Examples

Code:
date_select("post", "written_on")
date_select("post", "written_on", array("start_year" => 1995))
date_select("post", "written_on", array("start_year" => 1995, "use_month_numbers" => true,
                                    "discard_day" => true, "include_blank" => true))