dateSelect()

Signature

dateSelect() — returns any

Description

Builds and returns a string containing three select form controls for month, day, and year based on the supplied objectName and property.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
objectName	any	yes	—	The variable name of the object to build the form control for.
property	string	yes	—	The name of the property to use in the form control.
association	string	yes	—	The name of the association that the property is located on. Used for building nested forms that work with nested properties. If you are building a form with deep nesting, simply pass in a list to the nested object, and Wheels will figure it out.
position	string	yes	—	The position used when referencing a hasMany relationship in the association argument. Used for building nested forms that work with nested properties. If you are building a form with deep nestings, simply pass in a list of positions, and Wheels will figure it out.
order	string	yes	month,day,year	Use to change the order of or exclude date select tags.
seperator	string	yes	—	Use to change the character that is displayed between the date select tags.
startYear	numeric	yes	2009	First year in select list.
endYear	numeric	yes	2019	Last year in select list.
monthDisplay	string	yes	names	Pass in names, numbers, or abbreviations to control display.
includeBlank	any	yes	false	Whether to include a blank option in the select form control. Pass true to include a blank line or a string that should represent what display text should appear for the empty value (for example, ”- Select One -”).
label	string	yes	false	The label text to use in the form control.
labelPlacement	string	yes	around	Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control. Label text placement can be controlled using aroundLeft or aroundRight.
prepend	string	yes	—	String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
append	string	yes	—	String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
prependToLabel	string	yes	—	String to prepend to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendToLabel	string	yes	—	String to append to the form control’s label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
errorElement	string	yes	span	HTML tag to wrap the form control with when the object contains errors.
errorClass	string	yes	fieldWithErrors	The class name of the HTML tag that wraps the form control when there are errors.
combine	boolean	yes	—

Examples

dateSelect([ objectName, property, association, position, order, separator, startYear, endYear, monthDisplay, includeBlank, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel, errorElement, errorClass, combine ]) <!--- View code --->
<cfoutput>
    #dateSelect(objectName="user", property="dateOfBirth")#
</cfoutput>

<!--- Show fields to select month and year --->
<cfoutput>
    #dateSelect(objectName="order", property="expirationDate", order="month,year")#
</cfoutput>