1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 4c7854bdf..ea6a7fcb9 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -3723,13 +3723,53 @@ function first_post_date($uid,$wall = false) {
 		intval($uid)
 
 	);
-	if(count($r)) {
+	if($r) {
 //		logger('first_post_date: ' . $r[0]['id'] . ' ' . $r[0]['created'], LOGGER_DATA);
 		return substr(datetime_convert('',date_default_timezone_get(),$r[0]['created']),0,10);
 	}
 	return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * modified posted_dates() {below} to arrange the list in years, which we'll eventually 
+ * use to make a menu of years with collapsible sub-menus for the months instead of the 
+ * current flat list of all representative dates.
+ */
+
+function list_post_dates($uid,$wall) {
+	$dnow = datetime_convert('',date_default_timezone_get(),'now','Y-m-d');
+
+	$dthen = first_post_date($uid,$wall);
+	if(! $dthen)
+		return array();
+
+	// If it's near the end of a long month, backup to the 28th so that in 
+	// consecutive loops we'll always get a whole month difference.
+
+	if(intval(substr($dnow,8)) > 28)
+		$dnow = substr($dnow,0,8) . '28';
+	if(intval(substr($dthen,8)) > 28)
+		$dnow = substr($dthen,0,8) . '28';
+
+	$ret = array();
+	// Starting with the current month, get the first and last days of every
+	// month down to and including the month of the first post
+	while(substr($dnow, 0, 7) >= substr($dthen, 0, 7)) {
+		$dyear = intval(substr($dnow,0,4));
+		$dstart = substr($dnow,0,8) . '01';
+		$dend = substr($dnow,0,8) . get_dim(intval($dnow),intval(substr($dnow,5)));
+		$start_month = datetime_convert('','',$dstart,'Y-m-d');
+		$end_month = datetime_convert('','',$dend,'Y-m-d');
+		$str = day_translate(datetime_convert('','',$dnow,'F'));
+		if(! $ret[$dyear])
+			$ret[$dyear] = array();
+ 		$ret[$dyear][] = array($str,$end_month,$start_month);
+		$dnow = datetime_convert('','',$dnow . ' -1 month', 'Y-m-d');
+	}
+	return $ret;
+}
+
+
 function posted_dates($uid,$wall) {
 	$dnow = datetime_convert('',date_default_timezone_get(),'now','Y-m-d');