Comparing a date to see what day it falls on???

[elmas156]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to take a specific date and check to see if it falls on a specific day of the week and use it in an if/else statement.  For example:

<?php
if ($date falls on a Saturday or Sunday) {

echo "I'm going to be at the lake on $date.  Please choose another date.";

} else {

echo "Your appointment has been scheduled.";

}
?>

Obviously, what I'm having problems with is checking to see if the date falls on a Saturday or Sunday.  Does anyone have any ideas on how I could accomplish this?  Thanks for your help.

[Mchl]

getdate()

[joquius]

or date("l", $date)

[elmas156]

I already know how to get the current date in the format that I need to use:

 

<?php
$cmonth=date("m");
$cday=date("d");
$cyear=date("Y");
$cdate=$cmonth  ."/".  $cday  ."/".  $cyear;
?>

 

But is there a way to tell if a selected date (not the current date) falls on a specific day of the week?

 

I already have the calendar/date selector in a form on the previous page (in this format: 09/05/2008).  When the form is submitted it sends the selected date to schedule.php.  I want to check to see if the selected date falls on a Saturday or Sunday.  If so, the user will be alerted that appointment dates are not accepted on Saturday or Sunday, otherwise it will go on with the code and insert the information into the database and schedule the appointment.  Thanks for any input.

[DarkWater]

date('i', strtotime($date));

[elmas156]

I really appreciate your help but I'm still confused as to exactly how I would use this function.  Could you please elaborate on your solution?

[DarkWater]

My bad, I used 'i' instead of 'l'.  Wasn't paying attention.  You could do it like this:

 

<?php
$date = '8/8/2008';
echo date('l', strtotime($date));
?>

[elmas156]

Thanks very much!  I've been trying to figure out how to do that for hours.  I think I can make it work now.  Thanks again!