get the number of weekends between two dates

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    imagene that u have two dates, example:

    $inicio ="2008-10-10";
    $fim ="2008-10-16";


    I need a function that when I insert the two dates, the funcions returns the number of weekends that exist between the two date, I would be very greatfull for the help , tks
     
    cleidomonscole, Oct 16, 2008 IP
  2. webrickco

    webrickco Active Member

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    Just a tip if I may:
    1 - Transform both dates into Unix timestamps (difference in seconds from January, 1st of 1970), like this:
      
$difinicio=strtotime($inicio.' 00:00:00');
$diffim=strtotime($fim.' 00:00:00');
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    2 - check if $difinicio is a Sunday. If it is, add one to $weekcounter (counting sundays is the same as counting weekends). A Sunday is when date("w", $difinicio) == 0
    
if (date("w", $difinicio) == 0)
{
  $weekcounter++; 
}
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    3 - Add one day to $difinicio like this:
    
$difinicio=  strtotime('+1 day',strtotime(date("Y",$difinicio).'-'.date("m",$difinicio).'-'.date("d",$difinicio).' 00:00:00'));
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    4 - Repeat step 2 and 3 until $difinicio = $diffim

    5 - $weekcounter should be your result.

    This should work and I hope this helps.
    You're a portuguese right? boa sorte then!
     
    webrickco, Oct 16, 2008 IP
  3. cleidomonscole

    cleidomonscole Peon

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    thank u so much, u dont know how much u helped me, ya Im portuguese. :)
     
    cleidomonscole, Oct 16, 2008 IP