Re: function question

try placing paren around the entire function. I think your problem may stem from 'order of operation'. if((futureDate($_POST[booking_date])) == 'weekend'){ echo 'date is a weekend' } -----Original Message----- From: Shaun <shaun@mania.plus.com> To: php-general@lists.php.net <php-general@lists.php.net> Date: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:49 AM Subject: [PHP] function question >Hi, > >I am using a function mofied from an earlier post to check whether a given >date is valid and does not occur in the past, however when i try to use the >function with: > >if(futureDate($_POST[booking_date]) == 'weekend'){ > echo 'date is a weekend' >} > >and the function is returning zero, it still enters the loop and prints >'date is a weekend' > >I would be grateful for your help as this doesn't make sense to me! > >Date checking function: > > function futureDate($timestamp){ > $error = 0; > $flag = 0; > $t = split("/",$timestamp); > if (count($t)!=3) $t = split("-",$timestamp); > if (count($t)!=3) $t = split(" ",$timestamp); > > if (count($t)!=3){ > $error = 'invalid'; > $flag = 1; > } > > if (!is_numeric($t[0])){ > $error = 'invalid'; > $flag = 1; > } > if (!is_numeric($t[1])){ > $error = 'invalid'; > $flag = 1; > } > if (!is_numeric($t[2])){ > $error = 'invalid'; > $flag = 1; > } > > if ($t[0]<1902 || $t[0]>2037){ > $error = 'invalid'; > $flag = 1; > } > > if (date("D", mktime(0, 0, 0, $t[1], $t[2], $t[0])) == 'Sat'){ > $error = 'weekend'; > $flag = 1; > } > if (date("D", mktime(0, 0, 0, $t[1], $t[2], $t[0])) == 'Sun'){ > $error = 'weekend'; > $flag = 1; > } > > $timeStamp = mktime(0,0,0, $t[1], $t[2], $t[0]); > if(!($timeStamp >= time()) && $flag == 0){ > $error = 'past'; > } > return $error; > } >?> > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >