Re: Help for code to 'sort list' please

Was just reading your previous reply and my months are indeed in text and therein lies the problem. I will have to completely rewrite the online form which will add a(mysql type) date to add it and all the fields to the DB. I will research the 'PHPs array sorting functions' that you mention. It might be quicker. ......Just thought that it WILL be quicker converting the months in the SELECT/OPTION boxes to integers then no need to do a complete rewrite although I should learn how to do the mysql date thing anyway. Thanks Jochem and also to Hugh for replying. Chris ----------------- ---- Original Message ---- From: Jochem Maas Date: Mon 2/2/04 20:47 To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Help for code to 'sort list' please refering to my previous mail: I really don't think its a good idea to store the months as names in the DB (I recommend a datetime field to store the complete date info). but if you must then you will have to define an array which you can use as a sort key e.g. array( 1 => 'January', 2 => 'February', ...etc... ); and use something like this is combination with a multisort array function to get the order you want - but the way I see it your better off changing the DB schema and using a few date related function is either MySQL or PHP to display the dates in a user friendly way (e.g. '10 January 2004'). EastLothianDirectory wrote: > Thank you for replying again but I have already been on the Mysql.com website > and although I did ascertain the correct syntax ie > ... > > None of them work mainly because the months get listed alphabetically and not IN > ORDER. For example AUGUST is listed as the first month because it started with 'A' > The year and day being integers were listed correctly. > > Now do you see the problem. This is why Mysql.com was no good so I came to PHP for > help. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php