form dropdown month select options: This is great for forms when needing a dropdown for month. - DEMO: http://ideone.com/AKutcm

htmlDropdownMonthSelect.php

<?php

function htmlDropdownMonthSelect() {
  $monthSelectElement = '';
  for ($i = 0; $i <= 12; ++$i) {
    $time = strtotime(sprintf('-%d months', $i));

      $value = date('Y-m', $time);
      $label =  strftime('%B', $time);

      $monthSelectElement .= '<option value="' . $value. '">' . $label . '</option>';
  }

  return '
  <select id="month" name="month">
    ' . $monthSelectElement . '
  </select>
  ';
}