[SOLVED] Date month format

[gazever]

I am creating an avaliability calendar, however I am using a flat file database, as my client doesn't have SQL installed on his host. I have created some loops to show through 12 calendars for each house he has avaliable to rent. I get the current month by using the date as in code below and have a different txt file for each month which it loads then outputs a table calendar according to its state, booked, avaliable etc as a td css class.

 

$start = date('m');
$start ++;
$start --;

 

However I increase it by one then decrease it by one to get rid of the prevailing zero, is there a better way to do this? Or can I keep the prevailing zero and increment 1 each time keeping it as it should be, 02, 03, 04 etc by using ++.

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

I haven't been using PHP for very long,

 

Many Thanks

[kenrbnsn]

If you don't want the leading zeros, use

<?php
$start = date('n');
?>

 

Ken

[paul2463]

if you use

<?php
$start = date('n'); //note 'n' not 'm' 
$start ++;
$start --;
?>

 

the <a href="http://uk.php.net/date"> PHP Date Manual </a> is quite usefull

 

edit: you beat me to it Ken - faster typer

[gazever]

Works a treat,

 

thanks