[SOLVED] Get Season Type by date

[SirChick]

Hey guys,

 

I'm trying to work out a method where by depending on the date of now at any moment... if the months are in winter then echo winter and months are in spring echo spring etc for all 4 seasons... some method of checking the month number im assuming is how its done? How would you recommend doing this most efficiently?

[AndyB]

$this_month = date("n"); // month number 1-12

 

There's your start.

[SirChick]

is date("n") a built in function to get the number of the month? Or do i have to set "n" also ?

[AndyB]

built in .. as are a whole bunch of others -> http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

[SirChick]

Thankyou Andy.. I can do the rest just needed to know how to obtain months.

 

Sorted.

[Psycho]

<?php

$seasonList = array ('Winter', 'Spring', 'Summer', 'Fall');

//Set $month to the current month or 0 for Dec
$month = (date('n')<12)?date('n'):0;

$season = $seasonList[floor($month/3)];

echo $season;
//Output (for October):Fall

?>

[AndyB]

Don't forget that mjdamato's code as shown works only in the northern hemisphere