HTML5 Input Field datetime-local ...just for learning sake?

[wolfderby]

I'm trying to learn some computer programming and messing around w/ tweaking an super_orders edit screen on v1.3.9 and I can't seem to figure out how the form submission process works for handling a little javascript pop-out window to edit the date w/ a "datetime-local" input field I'm trying to create.

I've successfully created an edit date field as a raw text input by adding

<?php 
echo zen_draw_input_field('edit_date', $dates_query->fields['date_purchased']);
?>

...but when I try to do something like...

<?php
echo '<input type="datetime-local" id="edit_date" value="' . $date2edit . '>';
?>

... the date value get sets to all zero's.

I realize the value submited through datetime-local is in a format that contains a "T" in between the date/time, and I've tried removing it a w/ javascript "OnSubmit" but I can't figure out what it doesn't like or why...

Thanks,
b

[mc12345678]

Have you compared the source code between the two functions?

Your first should create an input field with a name of edit_date, the second uses an id. They are two different things... if you wanted an I'd for the first, you would have to add it as a parameter to the $parameter variable.

[wolfderby]

Hey thanks so much! It was because I hadn't put in "name"... "id" was in there because I was trying to edit out the "T" w/ javascript.

echo '<input type="datetime-local" name= "edit_date" value="' . $date2edit . '">';

^This works!!!

[lat9]

You could have also used the Zen Cart function to create that input field. The function's declaration looks like:

function zen_draw_input_field($name, $value = '~*~*#', $parameters = '', $required = false, $type = 'text', $reinsert_value = true) {

$name ... the 'name' of the input field
$value ... the 'value' of the input field
$parameters ... any HTML parameters to be added, e.g. an id.
$type .... the 'type' of the input field, where you can override the default (text)

... so, your input field can be created using the Zen Cart functions using the following PHP code:

<?php
echo zen_draw_input_field ('edit_date', $date2edit, 'id="edit_date"', false, 'datetime-local');
?>

P.S. That function's output will also be a "proper" input tag, which is a self-closing tag ...