Question

Currently i create a select element for date input in a view like this:

echo $form->input('my_field_name', array(
         'type' => 'date',
         'label' => 'my_label',
         'dateFormat' => 'DMY',
         'minYear' => date('Y'),
         'maxYear' => date('Y') + 5));

which has the following output in HTML (for the year select):

<option value="2016">2016</option>
<option value="2015">2015</option>
<option value="2014">2014</option>
<option value="2013">2013</option>
<option value="2012">2012</option>
<option selected="selected" value="2011">2011</option>

What i need is to output the years in reverse order like this:

<option selected="selected" value="2011">2011</option>
<option value="2012">2012</option>
<option value="2013">2013</option>
<option value="2014">2014</option>
<option value="2015">2015</option>
<option value="2016">2016</option>

Is there any way to get this result using the FormHelper class of Cake and without doing anything custom?

Answer 1

Did you take a look at the core test files?
Always a good idea to do that first before asking the community.

there you can find specific tests for this matter

$result = $this->Form->year('Model.field', 2006, 2007, array('orderYear' => 'asc'));

etc