If statement for a Christmas card.....

[Scarlet]

This has to be one of the most random questions on here.... Basically I want to make a novelty Christmas card for someone who is a PHP programmer. Problem is that I am not one. What I want is a fake script that effectively says 'if the date is Christmas, display Merry Christmas'. The closest I have found is.....

 

 

The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Friday:

 

<?php

$d=date("D");

if ($d=="Fri") echo "Have a nice weekend!";

?>

 

 

 

So can I change ("D") to ("D, d M Y") and ("Fri") to ("Fri, 25 Dec 2009")? Obviously it will then say echo "Merry Christmas". Or would that just not work?

 

Pathetic, I know. But the thought is there. I have searched a few forums, but I haven't seen anyone doing something the same as this.

 

Thanks!

[razta]

Looks like it should work to me, give it a try. 

[abazoskib]

This has to be one of the most random questions on here.... Basically I want to make a novelty Christmas card for someone who is a PHP programmer. Problem is that I am not one. What I want is a fake script that effectively says 'if the date is Christmas, display Merry Christmas'. The closest I have found is.....

 

 

The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Friday:

 

<?php

$d=date("D");

if ($d=="Fri") echo "Have a nice weekend!";

?>

 

 

 

So can I change ("D") to ("D, d M Y") and ("Fri") to ("Fri, 25 Dec 2009")? Obviously it will then say echo "Merry Christmas". Or would that just not work?

 

Pathetic, I know. But the thought is there. I have searched a few forums, but I haven't seen anyone doing something the same as this.

 

Thanks!

That would only work on Christmas day. Maybe you should make a card that would work by looking at it on any day?

 

<?php
$xmas = mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 25, 2009);
$today = time();
if($xmas == $today)
        echo "Merry Christmas fool!";
else {
        $diff = $xmas-$today;
        $days_left = floor($diff/(60*60*24));
        echo "There are only ".$days_left." days left till Christmas";
}
?>

[Scarlet]

Yes, I knew it would only work on the one day, but that was as simple as I could get it! But I do see the logic in your idea. And now I'm learning what mktime and floor do, lol. Thank you so much! I would say perhaps I'll get in to PHP yet, but it all seems too logical for me

[the-botman]

Hi ..

 

is there a way this code can be added without using 2009 so we dont have to update the code every year

 

Thanks in advance

Zain

[the-botman]

would this work?

<?php
$year = date('Y');
$xmas = mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 25, $year);
$today = time();
if($xmas == $today)
echo "Merry Christmas fool!";
else {
$diff = $xmas-$today;
$days_left = floor($diff/(60*60*24));
echo "There are only ".$days_left." days left till Christmas";
}
?>

[Anzeo]

would this work?

<?php
$year = date('Y');
$xmas = mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 25, $year);
$today = time();
if($xmas == $today)
echo "Merry Christmas fool!";
else {
$diff = $xmas-$today;
$days_left = floor($diff/(60*60*24));
echo "There are only ".$days_left." days left till Christmas";
}
?>

 

Looks like valid code to me