Date being saved as 1970-01-01 regardless of date picked - php

Am having a problem with saving the date of birth from my php form to Mysql Db. The form echoes, "Successful Registration" but the date saved is only 1970-01-01, regardless of date chosen on the form. Any assistance is much appreciated, Thank You!
1. Check.php
<?php
if(isset($_POST['registration']))
{
require "connection.php";
$FirstName = strip_tags($_POST['FirstName']);
$LastName = strip_tags($_POST['LastName']);
$Phone = $_POST['Phone'];
$month = $_POST['month'];
$day = $_POST['day'];
$year = $_POST['year'];
$date = $year . "-" . $month . "-" . $day;
$dob = date('Y-m-d H', strtotime($date));
$query="insert into users set FirstName='".$FirstName."',LastName='".$LastName
."',Phone='".$Phone."',DOB='".$dob."'";
mysql_query($query)or die("".mysql_error());
echo "Successful Registration!";
}
?>
2. Registration.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Registration Form</title>
<style type="text/css">
h3{font-family: Calibri; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color:SlateBlue;
text-align: center; text-decoration: underline }
table{font-family: Calibri; color:white; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal;
text-align:; background-color: SlateBlue; border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px solid navy}
table.inner{border: 0px}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="check.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table width="300" border="0"<table align="center" cellpadding = "10">
<tr>
<td>FirstName:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="FirstName"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LastName:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="LastName"></td>
<tr>
<td>Phone:</td>
<td><input type="double" name="Phone"></td>
<!----- Date Of Birth -------------------------------------------------------->
<tr>
<td>DATE OF BIRTH</td>
<td>
<select name="day" id="Day">
<option value="-1">Day:</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
<select id="Month" name="Month">
<option value="-1">Month:</option>
<option value="January">Jan</option>
<option value="February">Feb</option>
<option value="March">Mar</option>
<option value="April">Apr</option>
<option value="May">May</option>
<option value="June">Jun</option>
<option value="July">Jul</option>
<option value="August">Aug</option>
<option value="September">Sep</option>
<option value="October">Oct</option>
<option value="November">Nov</option>
<option value="December">Dec</option>
</select>
<select name="Year" id="Year">
<option value="-1">Year:</option>
<option value="1996">1996</option>
<option value="1995">1995</option>
<option value="1994">1994</option>
<option value="1993">1993</option>
<option value="1992">1992</option>
<option value="1991">1991</option>
<option value="1990">1990</option>
<option value="1989">1989</option>
<option value="1988">1988</option>
<option value="1987">1987</option>
<option value="1986">1986</option>
<option value="1985">1985</option>
<option value="1984">1984</option>
<option value="1983">1983</option>
<option value="1982">1982</option>
<option value="1981">1981</option>
<option value="1980">1980</option>
<option value="1979">1979</option>
<option value="1978">1978</option>
<option value="1977">1977</option>
<option value="1976">1976</option>
<option value="1975">1975</option>
<option value="1974">1974</option>
<option value="1973">1973</option>
<option value="1972">1972</option>
<option value="1971">1971</option>
<option value="1970">1970</option>
<option value="1969">1969</option>
<option value="1968">1968</option>
<option value="1967">1967</option>
<option value="1966">1966</option>
<option value="1965">1965</option>
<option value="1964">1964</option>
<option value="1963">1963</option>
<option value="1962">1962</option>
<option value="1961">1961</option>
<option value="1960">1960</option>
<option value="1959">1959</option>
<option value="1958">1958</option>
<option value="1997">1957</option>
<option value="1956">1956</option>
<option value="1955">1955</option>
<option value="1954">1954</option>
<option value="1953">1953</option>
<option value="1952">1952</option>
<option value="1951">1951</option>
<option value="1950">1950</option>
<option value="1949">1949</option>
<option value="1948">1948</option>
<option value="1947">1947</option>
<option value="1946">1946</option>
<option value="1945">1945</option>
<option value="1944">1944</option>
<option value="1943">1943</option>
<option value="1942">1942</option>
<option value="1941">1941</option>
<option value="1940">1940</option>
<option value="1939">1939</option>
<option value="1938">1938</option>
<option value="1937">1937</option>
<option value="1936">1936</option>
<option value="1935">1935</option>
<option value="1934">1934</option>
<option value="1933">1933</option>
<option value="1932">1932</option>
<option value="1931">1931</option>
<option value="1930">1930</option>
<option value="1929">1929</option>
<option value="1928">1928</option>
<option value="1927">1927</option>
<option value="1926">1926</option>
<option value="1925">1925</option>
<option value="1924">1924</option>
<option value="1923">1923</option>
<option value="1922">1922</option>
<option value="1921">1921</option>
<option value="1920">1920</option>
<option value="1919">1919</option>
<option value="1918">1918</option>
<option value="1917">1917</option>
<option value="1916">1916</option>
<option value="1915">1915</option>
<option value="1914">1914</option>
<option value="1913">1913</option>
<option value="1912">1912</option>
<option value="1911">1911</option>
<option value="1910">1910</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<span style="size:10%;color:#FF0000"><?php if(isset($_GET["pass"])) { echo $_GET["pass"]; } ?></span>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="registration" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>


PHP is case sensitive. You define your form item names as Month and Year, and try to access them via $_POST['month'] and $_POST['year'], both of which are empty.
Therefore the fix: change to $_POST['Month'] and $_POST['Year']
PS this is why I asked the values for the $_POST array, not from the code above.


Hexblot beat me to the answer, but some general debugging tips may still help you to fix these things in the future:
Firstly, you need to echo your SQL query and make sure it is performing as expected. Do you actually get what you expect in it when you try to register a client?
Second, copy the SQL into PHPmyadmin SQL panel and see if it executes. Errors are easier to pick up there and easier to correct quickly.
Thirdly check your db line. If the query executed, you still need to check if the data is stored correctly. Have you used the correct data format for the datatype specified? Does your date column simply contain NULL?
Following these three tips will pick up almost all simple variable name errors, formatting errors and db structure/data format errors quickly and with only a little slapping of the forehead.
It is also worth changing error reporting to E_ALL during development as it will pick up on such as incorrectly spelled indices and variables very easily at compile time.

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pass values from select form to mysql DB

I have one simple problem with mysql-db. I want to pass 3 values in one column of my db that is called DateOfBirth.
I have made 2 selectors, day and month, and one text are for year (yer).
I want to combine these values to php variables and pass it to mysql column that is VARCHAR.
Dose any one has solution for this?
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['user'])!="")
{
header("Location: home.php");
}
include_once 'dbconnect.php';
if(isset($_POST['btn-signup']))
{
$dob = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['day'.'month'.'yer']);
if(mysql_query("INSERT INTO userprofile(gender,dateofbirth) VALUES('$dob')"))
{
?>
<script>alert('successfully registered ');</script>
<?php
}
else
{
?>
<script>alert('error while registering you...');</script>
<?php
}
}
?>
<body>
<center>
<div id="login-form">
<form method="post">
<table align="center" width="30%" border="0">
<tr>
<td>
<select name="day">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
<select name="month">
<option value="1">January</option>
<option value="2">February</option>
<option value="3">March</option>
<option value="4">April</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">June</option>
<option value="7">July</option>
<option value="8">August</option>
<option value="9">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
<input class="yer" type="text" name="yer" placeholder="yer" required />
</td>
</tr>
<td><button type="submit" name="btn-signup">Sign Me Up</button></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sign In Here</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</div>
</center>
</body>

Change line
$dob = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['day'.'month'.'yer']);
To
$y = $_POST['yer'];
$m = $_POST['month'];
$d = $_POST['day'];
$dob = strtotime($y.'-'.$m.'-'.$a);
EDIT: If you're inserting into the gender row, you need to supply a value for gender, otherwise it's going to either throw an error or go ahead with the query inserting dob into the gender row and then throw an error

Day of the Year Program

So I have this code that creates a drop down box to select a month, another drop down box to select the day, then a text field to type in a year. My question is what to do next in php to be able to select a certain month, day, and year to where, when i click "calculate," it will display what day of that year it is?
So for example, if i choose January 4 2015, when i click calculate, i want it to display 4 since it is the 4th day of the calendar year. How do I do that?
<form action="calc.php" method="post">
Month: <select name="month">
<option value="january">January</option>
<option value="february">February</option>
<option value="march">March</option>
<option value="april">April</option>
<option value="may">May</option>
<option value="june">June</option>
<option value="july">july</option>
<option value="august">August</option>
<option value="september">September</option>
<option value="october">October</option>
<option value="november">November</option>
<option value="december">December</option>
</select>
Day: <select name="day">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
<input name="entry" type="text" size="10" placeholder="Year">
<input type="submit" value="Calculate">
</form>

You can use date:
echo date("z", strtotime('2015-01-04'));
But it returns:
The day of the year (starting from 0)
So you need to add 1 to the result.

you can try the below code to get the day of the date . here i am using the same page for the post. if you are using another page for posting (i mean action page) use the php inside that file,
HTML
<form action="#" method="post">
Month: <select name="month">
<option value="01">January</option>
<option value="02">February</option>
<option value="03">March</option>
<option value="04">April</option>
<option value="05">May</option>
<option value="06">June</option>
<option value="07">july</option>
<option value="08">August</option>
<option value="09">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
Day: <select name="day">
<option value="01">1</option>
<option value="02">2</option>
<option value="03">3</option>
<option value="04">4</option>
<option value="05">5</option>
<option value="06">6</option>
<option value="07">7</option>
<option value="08">8</option>
<option value="09">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
<input name="year" type="text" size="10" placeholder="Year">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Calculate">
</form>
PHP
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$date = $_POST['year'].'-'.$_POST['month'].'-'.$_POST['day'];
echo date("l", strtotime($date));
}
?>

Hotel Reservation Date Selector

I'm currently working on a hotel website which needs a section to select a booking based on the user's arrival and departure date selection. I am having an issue with getting the PHP to run and redirect to a URL with the drop down selector's values incorporated in.
So far for HTML I have:
<span name="checkIn">
<tr>
<td>
<span class="formtext">
<strong>Check-In:</strong>
</span>
</td>
<td>
<span class="custom-dropdown custom-dropdown--white custom-dropdown--small">
<select name="checkInMonth" class="custom-dropdown__select custom-dropdown__select--white">
<option value="01">January</option>
<option value="02">February</option>
<option value="03">March</option>
<option value="04">April</option>
<option value="05" selected="selected">May</option>
<option value="06">June</option>
<option value="07">July</option>
<option value="08">August</option>
<option value="09">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
</span>
</td>
<td>
<span class="custom-dropdown custom-dropdown--white custom-dropdown--small">
<select name="checkInDate" class="custom-dropdown__select custom-dropdown__select--white">
<option value="01">01</option>
<option value="02">02</option>
<option value="03">03</option>
<option value="04">04</option>
<option value="05">05</option>
<option value="06">06</option>
<option value="07">07</option>
<option value="08">08</option>
<option value="09">09</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11" selected="selected">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
</span>
</td>
<td>
<span class="custom-dropdown custom-dropdown--white custom-dropdown--small">
<select name="checkInYear" class="custom-dropdown__select custom-dropdown__select--white">
<option value="2014">2014</option>
<option value="2015">2015</option>
<option value="2016">2016</option>
<option value="2016">2017</option>
<option value="2016">2018</option>
<option value="2016">2019</option>
<option value="2016">2020</option>
<option value="2016">2021</option>
<option value="2016">2022</option>
<option value="2016">2023</option>
<option value="2016">2024</option>
<option value="2016">2025</option>
<option value="2016">2026</option>
<option value="2016">2027</option>
<option value="2016">2028</option>
<option value="2016">2029</option>
<option value="2016">2030</option>
<option value="2016">2031</option>
<option value="2016">2032</option>
<option value="2016">2033</option>
<option value="2016">2034</option>
<option value="2016">2035</option>
</select>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</span>
<tr>
<td>
Book Now
</td>
</tr>
and for PHP:
<?php
$checkInMonth = $_POST['checkInMonth'];
$checkInDate = $_POST['checkInDate'];
$checkInYear = $_POST['checkInYear'];
$checkOutMonth = $_POST['checkOutMonth'];
$checkOutDate = $_POST['checkOutDate'];
$checkOutYear = $_POST['checkOutYear'];
header("Location: http://book.[REDACTED].com/[REDACTED]/selectRoom.do?propertyCode=XXXXX&arrivalDay=$checkInDate&arrivalMonthYear=$checkInYear$checkInMonth&departureDay=$checkOutDate&departureMonthYear=$checkOutYear$checkOutMonth");
?>
What am I doing wrong?

Based on the code you've pasted, it seems that you aren't using a form. Therefore, when you click on the "Book now" link no data are passed to your PHP page. Consider wrapping those elements inside a form, setting the action to bookengine.php, and having a proper submit button.

Error posting form data to same page

I have some info that is listed out. One of those fields is submit_date which has the date an application was submitted. On top of this list, I wanted to make a form where with drop down menus we could choose an initial date and a final date and then the list would only show applications submitted between that time range. I got the sql to work and made the form but for some reason whenever I click submit the entire list disappears.
<form name="yearRange" action="index.php" method="post">
Year1:
<select name="year1">
<option value="2010">2010</option>
<option value="2011">2011</option>
<option value="2012">2012</option>
<option value="2013">2013</option>
<option value="2014">2014</option>
</select>
Month1:
<select name="month1">
<option value="01">January</option>
<option value="02">February</option>
<option value="03">March</option>
<option value="04">April</option>
<option value="05">May</option>
<option value="06">June</option>
<option value="07">July</option>
<option value="08">August</option>
<option value="09">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
Day1:
<select name="day1">
<option value="01">1</option>
<option value="02">2</option>
<option value="03">3</option>
<option value="04">4</option>
<option value="05">5</option>
<option value="06">6</option>
<option value="07">7</option>
<option value="08">8</option>
<option value="09">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
Year2:
<select name="year2">
<option value="2010">2010</option>
<option value="2011">2011</option>
<option value="2012">2012</option>
<option value="2013">2013</option>
<option value="2014">2014</option>
</select>
Month2:
<select name="month2">
<option value="01">January</option>
<option value="02">February</option>
<option value="03">March</option>
<option value="04">April</option>
<option value="05">May</option>
<option value="06">June</option>
<option value="07">July</option>
<option value="08">August</option>
<option value="09">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
Day2:
<select name="day2">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
<?php
if ($DBConn->numRows() > 0) { ?>
<div align="center">
<table border="1" align="center">
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td><strong>Submit Date</strong></td>
</tr> <?php
$date1="";
$date2="";
if(isset($_POST['year1']) && isset($_POST['year2']) && isset($_POST['month1']) && isset($_POST['month2']) && isset($_POST['day1']) && isset($_POST['day2']))
{
$date1 = $_POST['year1']."-".$_POST['month1']."-".$_POST['day1'];
$date2 = $_POST['year2']."-".$_POST['month2']."-".$_POST['day2'];
}
else{
echo "error";
}
$query = "select * from table1 where submit_date > '$date1' AND submit_date < '$date2'";
$sortQuery = mysql_query($query);
while ($row1=mysql_fetch_assoc($sortQuery))
{
?>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><?php echo $row1['lname'] . ", " . $row1['fname'] . " " . $row1['mname']; ?></td>
<td valign="top"><?php echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime($row1['submit_date'])); ?></td>
<?php } ?>
</tr> <?php
?>
</table>
</div>
<?php
} ?>

Drop-down values

I got two php files the Add.php and Edit.php
In Add.php. A drop-down list of date and gender.
<tr>
<td width="400" id="caption" style="text-align:right;">Birthdate</td>
<td>
<select id="monthID" name="month">
<option value="1">January</option>
<option value="2">February</option>
<option value="3">March</option>
<option value="4">April</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">June</option>
<option value="7">July</option>
<option value="8">August</option>
<option value="9">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
<select id="dayID" name="day">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
<select id="yearID" name="year">
<option value="1970">1970</option>
<option value="1971">1971</option>
<option value="1972">1972</option>
<option value="1973">1973</option>
<option value="1974">1974</option>
<option value="1975">1975</option>
<option value="1975">1975</option>
<option value="1976">1976</option>
<option value="1977">1977</option>
<option value="1978">1978</option>
<option value="1979">1979</option>
<option value="1980">1980</option>
<option value="1981">1981</option>
<option value="1982">1982</option>
<option value="1983">1983</option>
<option value="1984">1984</option>
<option value="1985">1985</option>
<option value="1986">1986</option>
<option value="1987">1987</option>
<option value="1988">1988</option>
<option value="1989">1989</option>
<option value="1990">1990</option>
<option value="1991">1991</option>
<option value="1992">1992</option>
<option value="1993">1993</option>
<option value="1994">1994</option>
<option value="1995">1995</option>
<option value="1996">1996</option>
<option value="1997">1997</option>
<option value="1998">1998</option>
<option value="1999">1999</option>
<option value="2000">2000</option>
<option value="2001">2001</option>
<option value="2002">2002</option>
<option value="2003">2003</option>
<option value="2004">2004</option>
<option value="2005">2005</option>
<option value="2006">2006</option>
<option value="2007">2007</option>
<option value="2008">2008</option>
<option value="2009">2009</option>
<option value="2010">2010</option>
<option value="2011">2011</option>
<option value="2012">2012</option>
<option value="2013">2013</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="400" id="caption" style="text-align:right;">Gender</td>
<td id="caption" style="text-align:left;">
<select name="gender">
<option value="Male">Male</option>
<option value="Female">Female</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
If I choose April 3 2010 and Female in the drop-downs. And insert it in my table_1
Assume this are drop-downs
Birthdate: April 3 2010
Gender: Female
Now, when I want to update the record(s) in Edit.php the drop-down value should be also the same
Birthdate: April 3 2010
Gender: Female
But instead it gives me this
Birthdate: January 1 2013
Gender: Male
It seems like a default value whenever I visit in Edit.php. (January 1 2013 Male - are the first items in the dropdowns)
How can I make [April 23 2013 Female] appear in my drop-down Instead of the first values that I didn't choose.
Thanks and sorry for the title I can't think for a good title for this.

Use an if statement to compare each value with your record and then add "selected" to this option

here is the basic concept hope you catch the idea
<?php
$array = array(1=>"January",
2=>"February",
3=>"March",
4=>"April",
5=>"May",
6=>"June",
7=>"July",
8=>"August",
9=>"September",
10=>"October",
11=>"November",
12=>"December");
$stored_data = "2";
foreach($array as $key => $val) {
if($stored_data == $key) {
echo "<option value='$key' selected='1'>$val</option>";
} else {
echo "<option value='$key'>$val</option>";
}
}
?>

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