RE: [PHP] Validate The Last Day of Month with server's clock????

On 14 August 2003 16:01, Scott Fletcher wrote: > "Mike Ford" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> wrote in message > > news:841D90E489448A4F804E1D1B95768BF7D461A6@lis-exchange3.lmu.ac.uk... > > On 13 August 2003 20:05, Nicholas Robinson wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 13 Aug 2003 8:00 pm, Scott Fletcher wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > Here's a trick script. We know that some months have the > > > > last day which is 30 while other is 31. As for February, it > > > > can be either 28 or 29. So, what's the trick in using the php > > > > to find out what is the last day of the month if you want to > > > > checked it against the server's clock to find out the last day > > > > of the month. Suppose it is this month or 3 months ago or 3 > > > > months from now. Anyone know? > > > > > > The 'usual' trick is to set the date to the first day of the month > > > after the one you want and then subtract one day. > > > > Actually, the "usual" trick is to ask mktime() for the 0th > day of the > following month. One of the examples on the mktime() page of the > manual (http://www.php.net/mktime) even illustrates exactly this. > > True but I just only want the day date, don't want the number of > seconds. So use one of the other Date/Time functions to to convert it back to whatever you do want -- date(), getdate() and strftime() all accept a timestamp produced by mktime() as an optional parameter. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211