[SOLVED] time and date comparisons

[gerkintrigg]

I've been pulling my hair out for the last few days trying to get this to work, but I've finally given up and hope that you guys and girls can help me.

 

$limiter=date(Y)+1;
$limiter=date('m/d').$limiter;
$x_days='7';
while (strtotime($start_date)<=strtotime($limiter)){

echo date('d/m/Y',$start_date).'<BR>';
echo date('d/m/Y',strtotime($limiter)).'<BR><br>';
//echo date('l F d Y',$start_date).' To ';
//echo date('l F d Y', strtotime('+'.$x_days.' days',$start_date)).'<BR>';
$start_date=strtotime('+'.$x_days.' days', $start_date);
}

 

It keeps looping through until it gets to 1970!(?) Any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance.

[kenrbnsn]

You should be doing all your work with the UNIX timestamp, you're using both the UNIX timestamp and the ASCII date string which is where the "1970" value is coming from. Try this:

<?php
$start_date = time();
$limiter=date(Y)+1;
$limiter=strtotime(date('m/d/').$limiter);
$x_days='7';
while ($start_date<=$limiter){

echo date('d/m/Y',$start_date).'<BR>';
echo date('d/m/Y',$limiter).'<BR><br>';
//echo date('l F d Y',$start_date).' To ';
//echo date('l F d Y', strtotime('+'.$x_days.' days',$start_date)).'<BR>';
$start_date=strtotime('+'.$x_days.' days', $start_date);
}
?>

 

Ken

[gerkintrigg]

ah fantastic!

Thanks very much for that!