Help on date

[crazybeans128]

I have a form and when i click the submit button, i want to send the current date and time through along with the other information. Suggestions?

 

[BabyJeffy]

Assuming this form is coming from a web page... do you want the current date and time from the client's computer or do you want to use the date and time on the web server?

If you want the client's date and time, you can use Javascript to set the value of a form field just as you submit the form (and then collect that data server-side).

If you want the current date and time from the server, then you need to poke around in the php manual pages for the date() function (and it's related masks), and the section on sessions for details on how to persist data across pages.

Cheers,
Jeff

 

[crazybeans128]

I already created a way to do it with Javascript, but can i run the function then submit the form? that's the main thing i'm wondering about. Right now i have a button you click to update the date and time field, but i'd rather just have the single button a function then submit.

 

[sleipnir214]

This would be a JavaScript question then, right?


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[crazybeans128]

Yeah, i guess it would, but it still involves PHP, but i'll head on over to the javascript section.