I am new to PHP. I have a selection box with a range of years starting at current year - 5 (2014) through the year 2050. My selection box contains the correct years but I need it to default to the current year. Right now, it defaults to 2014. I’ve been working on this for hours. I thought the $current_year variable was needed in the loop in some way - in order to set the default - but that doesn’t work. After researching and seeing various examples, I’m now thinking I need to build an if statement within the loop but I really don’t know. Help is appreciated.
<form id=“calendarForm” name=“calendarForm” method=“post” action="">
<label for=“select_year”>Select the year: </label>
<select id=“select_year” name=“select_year”>
<?php
$date = new DateTime();
// Sets the current year
$current_year = $date->format(‘Y’);
// Year to start available options.
$earliest_year = ($current_year - 5);
$year = $earliest_year;
for ($year = $earliest_year; $year <= LATEST_YEAR; $year++) {
echo “<option value=’$year’>$year</option>”;
}
?>
</select>