Use calendar form field in Joomla

Question

I am using a calendar field in Joomla component template.

But i have no idea how to use it. the example XML field definition is

<field name="mycalendar" type="calendar" default="5-10-2008" label="Select a date" description="" format="%d-%m-%Y" />

But how to define it in a php template?

Thank you!

After using the code, how can i make the calendar icon align with the input box? now it is like this

thank you.

hi, as for the code, i am insert the date into database of field name 'from' and 'to', so where do i need to change the code to match that?

<?php
    echo JHTML::calendar(date("Y-m-d"),'from', 'date', '%Y-%m-%d',array('size'=>'8','maxlength'=>'10','class'=>' validate[\'required\']',));
?>

<?php
    echo JHTML::calendar(date("Y-m-d"),'to', 'date', '%Y-%m-%d',array('size'=>'8','maxlength'=>'10','class'=>' validate[\'required\']',));
?>

Answer 1

Try this,

This will add a calendar to the form.

<?php
    echo JHTML::calendar(date("Y-m-d"),'mycalendar', 'date', '%Y-%m-%d',array('size'=>'8','maxlength'=>'10','class'=>' validate[\'required\']',));
  ?>

Hope its helps..

Answer 2

You need to add the following line at the top of your output file:

JHTML::_('behavior.calendar');

And if your XML is correct everything should work.