note 80844 added to function.strtotime

This may not be the best way to do it, but it works very well for me. <?php /** * Function used to find the dates of specific days between * two different dates. So, if you want to find all the * mondays and all the wednesdays between 2 dates, this * function is right for you. * * @param string $startDate e.g. 2007-01-31 * @param string $endDate e.g. 2007-12-31 * @param csv string $days e.g. 'Su,M,T,W,TH,F,S'; * @return array */ function getDaysBetween($startDate, $endDate, $days){ $endDate = strtotime($endDate); $days = explode(',', 'M,W'); $dates = array(); foreach($days as $day){ $newDate = $startDate; switch ($day){ case 'Su': $day = 'Sun'; break; case 'M': $day = 'Mon'; break; case 'T': $day = 'Tue'; break; case 'W': $day = 'Wed'; break; case 'Th': $day = 'Thur'; break; case 'F'; $day = 'Fri'; break; case 'S': $day = 'Sat'; break; } while(($date = strtotime($newDate)) <= $endDate){ $dates[] = date('Y-m-d', $date)."\n"; $newDate = date('Y-m-d', $date).' next '.$day; } } sort(array_unique($dates)); return $dates; } ?> Example: $startDate = '2006-08-28'; $endDate = '2006-10-09'; $days = 'M,W'; then getDaysBetween($startDate, $endDate, $days); returns Array ( [0] => 2006-08-28 [1] => 2006-09-04 [2] => 2006-09-11 [3] => 2006-09-18 [4] => 2006-09-25 [5] => 2006-10-02 [6] => 2006-10-09 [7] => 2006-08-28 [8] => 2006-08-30 [9] => 2006-09-06 [10] => 2006-09-13 [11] => 2006-09-20 [12] => 2006-09-27 [13] => 2006-10-04 ) ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 67.182.238.127 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/80844 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80844/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80844/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80844/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80844/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80844/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80844/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80844 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/80844 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php