Can someone have a look at this and confirm if have this right or not. I can say it is not working the way I expected so I might have the formatting incorrect.

I am trying to pass in the value from php:
$row['rdd']= '2010-04-22'

?>
    <script>
     var check_date=<?php echo $row['rdd']; ?>;
     if (check_date==null){
      DateInput('ship_date');
      } 
     else{ 
      DateInput('ship_date', false, 'YYYY-MM-DD',check_date);
     }
    </script>
<?php

the way you pass it would mean in javascript the variable will be a string object not a date object

var check_date= new date(<?php echo str_replace($row['rdd'],'-',','); ?>;

looks about right

Okay, so I made the correction but still not getting the desired result. It appears to be jumping right past the if statement. I have tried to print the check_date value to confirm that it is being received but failed to get to work as well.


Also, why did you indicate that the date formate need to be changed? I had a quick look to try and understand a reason, but from what I can the format was alright??

'<li><label for="aoa">AOA:</label>';
echo $row['rdd'];
?>
<script>
var check_date= new date(<?php echo str_replace($row['rdd'],'-',','); ?>);
document.write(check_date);
if (check_date==null){
DateInput('ship_date');
}
else{
DateInput('ship_date', false, 'YYYY-MM-DD',check_date);
}
</script>
<?php
echo '</li>'.

In javascript the DD MM YY parameters are separated by commas (,) and your post indicated that your date string was separated br dashes (-)

Okay, so what I figured out is that I am not passing a date but a string.

As for the IS NULL, that I am not sure as it seems backwards to me but it is working now.

    <script>
     var check_date='<?php echo $row['ship_date']; ?>';
     if (!check_date){
      DateInput('ship_date')
     } 
     else{ 
      DateInput('ship_date', false, 'YYYY-MM-DD',check_date)
     }
    </script>