note 103466 added to function.date

a simple method to work out future dates from a given one. /** * Handles a date in the format YYYYMMDD. * * Doesn't take a genius to modify it to use some other format. * We provide either of the following units: * 'h' -> 'hour', 'i' -> 'minute', 's' -> 'second', * 'm' -> 'month','d' -> 'day' , 'y' -> 'year' */ public static function getNextDate($date, $amount, $unit='d'){ $dividers = array(' ', ':', '_', '-', '/', '|'); $date = str_replace($dividers, '', $date); $unit = strtolower($unit); list($y, $m, $d) = array(substr($date, 0, 4), substr($date, 4, 2), substr($date, 6)); list($h, $i, $s) = array(1, 0, 0); $x = substr($unit, 0, 1); $$x += $amount; return date('Ymd', mktime($h, $i, $s, $m, $d, $y)); } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 81.43.246.130 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103466 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103466/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103466/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103466/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103466/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103466/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103466/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103466 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103466 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php