11 replies to this topic

[barber84]

Hi,

how would I use php to check a date in the format yyyy-mm-dd to see if it has been a week since that date.

thanks,

Ben

[barber84]

Problem resolved using:

echo date("Y-m-d",(time() + 60*60*24*30));

which displays today date + 30 days and I am using if else statements to see if todays date matches 30 days on from the date in the database.

[Forgotten]

just to add another question to this post, how do I turn GMT into -8:00 (PST)?

[barber84]

Hopefully this should help you, it just takes 8 hours away from the current time.

<?php

$time = time() - (60*60*8); //Take away 8 hours from the time the server is set to (GMT)

echo $time; // display time in PST (-8)

?>

[Forgotten]

my script shows

$Time=date("g:i A T");

will echo

2:53 PM MST

How do I make MST say PST? Isnt there a O operator that sets timezones? I don't know how to use it.

[Av-]

to set a timezone use

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('PST');

date(stuff);
?>

Edited by Avalanche, 11 December 2005 - 07:15 AM.

[Forgotten]

yeah that is an undefined function... Im using php 5.1

[rc69]

Just use barbers method, with a little tweaking.

echo date('g:i A', time()-(60*60)).' PST';

Edited by rc69, 11 December 2005 - 04:08 PM.

[Forgotten]

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[phpguy]

Hi,
I'm working on a project that checks today's date against one in the mysql database. I can write a function in a php script to check. However if the php script is just sitting there; then what actually starts the process of the check function; besides an inefficient continuous loop?
Thanks

[Arctic Fire]

Hi,
I'm working on a project that checks today's date against one in the mysql database. I can write a function in a php script to check. However if the php script is just sitting there; then what actually starts the process of the check function; besides an inefficient continuous loop?
Thanks

You would create a cron job to run the php script every day.

[Demonslay]

Well, either you can have it wrapped in a function that is invoked every time a page is loaded, such as in your main configuration file or something, or you can setup a cron job. I've personally never used a cron job, but its a way of automating something for the server to execute on a set interval. You can find several tutorials on these online if not here on P2L, such as this one if your host uses CPanel.