Req #34797 [Opn->Csd]: strtotime() and strtointerval()

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34797&edit=1 ID: 34797 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: saverio dot caminiti at alfanet dot it Summary: strtotime() and strtointerval() -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5.0.5 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: rasmus Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: We now have DatePeriod and DateInterval which, although isn't quite the same thing as this request, I think is quite a bit more useful as it lets you iterate using the interval across the period. And you can use strtotime() syntax to define the end points of the period to iterate over. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-09 23:17:21] saverio dot caminiti at alfanet dot it Description: ------------ The function strtotime() is really useful. But it always returns the minimum timestamp that match the input string. It should be even more useful to have a function strtointerval that return a two timestamps: the minimum timestamp that match the input and the maximum one. For example: - strtointerval(“Dec 3 2004”) should returns a minimum timestamp (0:0:0 Dec 3 2004) and a maximum one (23:59:59 Dec 3 2004). - strtointerval(“Dec 2004”) returns 0:0:0 Dec 1 2004 and 23:59:59 Dec 31 2004 - strtointerval(“2004”) returns 0:0:0 Jan 1 2004 and 23:59:59 Dec 31 2004 And so on. It should be also useful that strtointerval() parse English sentences like “between A and B” or “[form] A to B” where A and B are two valid input for the actual strtotime(). I guess that starting from the source code of strtotime() it should be not difficult to implement strtointerval(), perhaps through a function strtoMAXtime() that generate the maximum timestamp instead of the minimum one, and then adding the English interval sentences support. Thanks, Saverio. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34797&edit=1