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Showing local times with PHP

Here’s a little snippet of PHP that will help anyone grappling with a project that involves (or will be used in) multiple timezones.

Using jQuery to Set the Default Option in a Select Box

Today at work I came across a situation where we needed to set the default value of a <select> box on a form, normally this would be a perfectly simply operation. If it were a straight php form I would have simply echoed an <option selected...></option>. But we are working with Joomla in a fully MVC context so all is not quite so simple. In wades jQuery with a deserved look of achievement on its face…