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User: adethebuilder (view profile)17 Jul 2008 - 09:33
I have succesfully installed the date selector on my web site for our B&B at http://www.baconandeggs.co.uk/reservations.htm with two pickers - one for the arrival date and one for the departure date. I would now like to make the first picker (Arrival) not allow selections before today which would then not allow the departure date to be selected any earlier than tomorrow. Is that possible?

My code reads:

Arrival date:<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">FSfncWriteFieldHTML("DateForm","ArrDate","None",100,"FutureShockDateSelector/images/FSdateSelector/","EN","true" )</SCRIPT>
</p>
<p>Departure date:<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">FSfncWriteFieldHTML("DateForm","DepDate","None",100,"FutureShockDateSelector/images/FSdateSelector/","EN","true" )</SCRIPT>
</p>
 
Thanks in advance

Adrian

User: Julian (view profile)17 Jul 2008 - 09:36
This is possible with the licensed version of the Date Selector, it allows you to specify start and end date ranges (you would need to set your end dates to sometime far in the future). Usage of this feature is fuilly detailed in the instructions.txt file supplied with the Date Selector.

User: adethebuilder (view profile)19 Jul 2008 - 07:19
Thank you Julian. I have got the licensed version and can make the date picker use a specific date such as "22/07/2008" but what I want is a function that will automatically make the date tomorrow (or today if that is too difficult). Any clues please The instructions do not give me that.

Thanks in advance.

User: Julian (view profile)21 Jul 2008 - 13:07
We would usually recommend that you do this server-side (for example using ASP or PHP), but there is a thread on this forum which provides examples of doing it client-sise in JavaScript::

http://www.future-shock.net/forums/pages/viewTopic.asp?FID=3&ID=92

User: adethebuilder (view profile)24 Jul 2008 - 17:05
Thanks Julian. Using your code I have got it to default to today's date but is it possible to prevent selection of a day before today?

Also, is it possible for the date picker to pass the day of the week as well?

Many thanks. Great software and support.

Adrian

User: Julian (view profile)25 Jul 2008 - 13:43
You need to set the start and end date in the function call (not just today's date)  - see the instructions.txt file supplier with the Date Selector for more infoirmation.

There is another forum thread that discusses this http://www.future-shock.net/forums/pages/viewTopic.asp?FID=3&ID=169

There may also be other threads - try searching the forum (link at bottom of page).

Sorry Date Selector does not pass the day of the week, but you can get this using server-side ASP/PHP code (make a date variable from the date submitted by the Date Selector - this will tell you which day of the week, which week of the year, etc).

User: adethebuilder (view profile)25 Jul 2008 - 15:56
Brilliant - now guests can not select a day before today.

I understand in principle what you mean by extracting the Day of the week form the date picker code but I can not seem to find exactly how to do it.

I use the following script in my PHP code:
$Arrival = $_REQUEST['ArrDate'];

to:
Print the date for the guests to check and then email it to me.

What I want to do is extract the Day of the week from the above to print it on screen for them & to email it to me. Can you tell me exactly what PHP code I need?

Sorry to be a pain.

User: Julian (view profile)25 Jul 2008 - 16:00
Sorry, no idea on exactly how you do that in PHP - I specialise in ASP (have made some sites in PHP but not for a few years).

User: adethebuilder (view profile)27 Jul 2008 - 14:10
Hi Julian

I now have everything working so for completeness here is my solution:
To get the date in UK format starting from today I use:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">FSfncWriteFieldHTML("DateForm","ArrDate","None",100,"FutureShockDateSelector/images/FSdateSelector/","EN","true","false",FSfncDateToString(new Date()),"31/12/2010" )</SCRIPT>
The in PHP I use :
$Arrival = $_REQUEST['ArrDate'];
To get the date string (which I print on screen for the guest and email to myself for the booking) . I then use :
list($day, $month, $year) = split('[/.-]', $Arrival);
to extract the day month and year. I then use
$UsArrDate = $month . "/" . $day. "/" . $year;
To rebuild the date string in US format. Which allows me to use:
$USArrDay = date('l', strtotime($UsArrDate));
To find the day of the week which can only be done in the US format! Hope this helps somebody.
Thank you again.


User: Julian (view profile)29 Jul 2008 - 14:41
Glad you got there in the end, and thanks for sharing your code so that others may benefit from your experience.

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