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@NogDogJan 14.2005 — #The last friday is pretty simple (see [url=http://us4.php.net/manual/en/ref.datetime.php]date functions[/url] for more info):
The nearest Sunday would be a bit trickier:
[i]Caveat: all code above is untested.[/i]
finding the nearest date()
say i am on friday or saturday
and i want to find the closest sunday or last fridat date’s
how can i do it?
thnaks in advance
peleg
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@NogDogJan 14.2005 — #The last friday is pretty simple (see [code=php]
<?php
function get_last_friday()
# returns yyyy-mm-dd; today if it's a Friday, else the last friday
{
$time = time();
while(date("w", $time) != 5)
{
$time -= 24*60*60;
}
return(date("Y-m-d", $time));
}
?>
[/code]The nearest Sunday would be a bit trickier:
[code=php]
<?php
function get_nearest_sunday()
# returns yyyy-mm-dd
{
$time = time();
if(date("w", $time) == 0)
{
$sun = date("Y-m-d", $time);
}
else
{
$tlast = $time;
$tnext = $time;
while(date("w", $tlast) != 0)
{
$tlast -= 24*60*60;
}
while(date("w", $tnext != 0)
{
$tnext += 24*60*60;
}
$sun = ($tnext - $time < $time - $tlast) ? $tnext : $tlast;
}
return($sun);
}
?>
[/code][i]Caveat: all code above is untested.[/i]