Please FIX this small PHP code for me (Quick date manipulation)

Hi,

I have found this php code that provides the date of any upcoming weekdays. I need to change the target week day (monday, tuesday etc )but I am unsure of how to do it.

Can you please tell me how. Your help will be very much appreciated. Cheers.

<?
function next_week($target_week_day)
         {
         $date = getDate();

         $day = $date["mday"];
         $week_day = $date["wday"];
         $month = $date["mon"];
         $year = $date["year"];

         //This assumes that if today is a target week day,
         //today's date will be used and not next week's.
         //To change that, just make
         //if($week_day <= $target_week_day)
         //if($week_day < $target_week_day)
         if($week_day <= $target_week_day)
            $days_left = $target_week_day - $week_day;
         else
            $days_left = 7 - ($week_day - $target_week_day);

         //This script works by finding out the number of days separating
         //the current date and the next target week day.
         $next_week = getDate(mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day + $days_left, $year));

         $next_week_html = $next_week["month"] . " " . $next_week["mday"] . " , " . $next_week["year"];

         return($next_week_html);
         }
?>

PHP:

 

Hi,
this script seems to work with integers(0 to 6) as far as I can see

use

echo next_week(0);  //print next sunday
echo next_week(2); //print next tuesday
echo next_week(5); //print next friday

PHP:

I hope this is what you meant

 

I tried but it didn't work.
Do you know what could be wrong? I think the way I called the target date using your code is wrong .
I am noob at php as you could tell.




This is what i put in my source code:

<?
function next_week($target_week_day)
         {
         $date = getDate();

         $day = $date["mday"];
         $week_day = $date["wday"];
         $month = $date["mon"];
         $year = $date["year"];

         //This assumes that if today is a target week day,
         //today's date will be used and not next week's.
         //To change that, just make
         //if($week_day <= $target_week_day)
         //if($week_day < $target_week_day)
         if($week_day <= $target_week_day)
            $days_left = $target_week_day - $week_day;
         else
            $days_left = 7 - ($week_day - $target_week_day);

         //This script works by finding out the number of days separating
         //the current date and the next target week day.
         $next_week = getDate(mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day + $days_left, $year));

         $next_week_html = $next_week["month"] . " " . $next_week["mday"] . " , " . $next_week["year"];

         return($next_week_html);
         }



?>

<?php echo next_week(5); //print next friday ?>

PHP:

 

Looks like it is working fine. Added $next_week["weekday"] to display day name.

<?
function next_week($target_week_day)
         {
         $date = getDate();

         $day = $date["mday"];
         $week_day = $date["wday"];
         $month = $date["mon"];
         $year = $date["year"];

         //This assumes that if today is a target week day,
         //today's date will be used and not next week's.
         //To change that, just make
         //if($week_day <= $target_week_day)
         //if($week_day < $target_week_day)
         if($week_day <= $target_week_day)
            $days_left = $target_week_day - $week_day;
         else
            $days_left = 7 - ($week_day - $target_week_day);

         //This script works by finding out the number of days separating
         //the current date and the next target week day.
         $next_week = getDate(mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day + $days_left, $year));

         $next_week_html = $next_week["weekday"] . " " . $next_week["month"] . " " . $next_week["mday"] . " , " . $next_week["year"];

         return($next_week_html);
         }



?>

<?php echo next_week(5); //print next friday ?>

PHP:

 

Medaa
you commented out the php closure ?>

<?php 
echo next_week(5); //print next friday (stuff behind this on this line doesn't get read)
?>

PHP:

 

Sorry. I think it wouln't make any difference on this situation anyway

 

Found the solution. It was because the beginning of the code didn't start by <?php ... (using wordpress on localhost)

Thank for your help, your code works + rep

 

As I've mentioned quite a few times here, always use full php tags, as not always will short tags (<?) be enabled by default (which can cause compatibility issues - especially if on shared hosting/no php.ini access), furthermore since your on localhost locate your php.ini, edit it - to enable short tags by setting it to On then restart Apache.