Build Date Dropdown helper

[eluser]egoslip[/eluser]
Hey so I looked around for an easy way of having date dropdowns created and selected with a predefined value. so I made this simple helper to create the drop downs for day month and year

hope this helps some people I just couldnt stand all that html in my pretty view file

Code:

<?

if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
    
    function buildDayDropdown($name='',$value='')
    {
        $days='';
        while ( $days <= '31'){
            $day[]=$days;$days++;
        }
        return form_dropdown($name, $day, $value);
    }
    
    function buildYearDropdown($name='',$value='')
    {
        $years=date('y');
        while ( $years <= '31'+date('y')){
            $year['20'.$years]='20'.$years;$years++;
        }
        return form_dropdown($name, $year, $value);
    }
    
    function buildMonthDropdown($name='',$value='')
    {
        $month=array(
            '01'=>'January',
            '02'=>'February',
            '03'=>'March',
            '04'=>'April',
            '05'=>'May',
            '06'=>'June',
            '07'=>'July',
            '08'=>'August',
            '09'=>'September',
            '10'=>'October',
            '11'=>'November',
            '12'=>'December');
        return form_dropdown($name, $month, $value);
    }
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