newb - how to easily find out what date a day falls on...?

[Bansaw]

What is the easiest way of finding out in php what date a certain day falls on?

 

ie:  I want to know what date is the 3rd Thursday of every month.

 

for example,  this month would be "

The third Thursday of this month falls on :  18th November  "

 

Whats the best way of doing that in php?

 

Thanks,,

 

[jmace]

You might try the date() function along with the mktime() function.

 

Something like this:

echo date("D", mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m'), date('d')+7, date('Y'))); //show next weeks day

 

I would first figure out what day today is, then how many more day's till thursday, then start displaying the answer with code like the above.

 

Sorry I don't have time to post more, but later if you still need help let me know.

[Bansaw]

thanks, thats helpful.

 

My website has an event on the 3rd Thursday of every month.  So I want to code something that runs once a day and updates the website.

 

I think my logic could go something like this:

 

1)  Find out what current month is

2) Find out what date  the 3rd Thursday falls on in our current month

3) If current date <= 3rdThursday_of_current_month  then  display "Be ready, our next event is Thursday 18th November"

Else If current date > 3rdThursday_of _current_month display "Be ready, our next event is Thursday 16th December"

 

[AbraCadaver]

Depends on how you want to start it:

 

$date = strtotime('last day last month');
$date = strtotime('+3 thursday', $date);
echo date('jS F', $date);