Don Alexander Eckford's "String To Time" DEMO

String:

Time String:

Enter a string and that string will be evaluated through the strtotime() function.

Try strings like "tomorrow 1:30pm", or "Today", or "Yesterday", or "Next Month", or "+2 weeks monday", or "+2 mondays" and see what happens.

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CODE FOLLOWS

<?php
    include('includes/header.php');

    // set timezone
    date_default_timezone_set("America/Detroit");

    error_reporting(E_ALL);    // set error reporting to all

    $self = basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);

    $step = isset($_POST['step']) ? $_POST['step'] : 0;

    // clean input from user
    $string = isset($_POST['string']) ? $_POST['string'] : null;
    $string = htmlentities($string);

    if ($step == 0)
    {
        ?>

        <h1>Don Alexander Eckford's "String To Time" DEMO</h1>

        <form action="<?php echo($self); ?>" method="POST">
            <fieldset>
                <legend>String:</legend>
                <label for="string">Time String: </label>
                <input type="text" size="36" id="string" name="string" value="">
            </fieldset>

            <p>
                <input type="hidden" name="step" value="1"> <br>
                <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
            </p>
        </form>

        <p>
            Enter a string and that string will be evaluated through the strtotime() function.
        </p>

        <p>
            Try strings like "tomorrow 1:30pm", or "Today", or "Yesterday", or "Next Month",
            or "+2 weeks monday", or "+2 mondays" and see what happens.
        </p>

        <?php
    }
    else
    {

        $seconds = strtotime($string);    // change string to seconds
        $date = getdate($seconds);        // change seconds to a date
        $computedDate = $date['mday'] . ' ' . $date['month'] . ', ' . $date['year'] . ' : ' . $date['weekday'];
        ?>

        <pre>
                <?php
                print_r($date);
                ?>
            </pre>

        <p>
            String Given: <?php echo($string); ?>
        </p>

        <p>
            Seconds computed from String: <?php echo($seconds); ?>
        </p>

        <p>
            Seconds taken To Date: <?php echo($computedDate); ?>
        </p>

        <p>
            Current Time (seconds): <?php echo(time()); ?>
        </p>

        <p>
            Current Date: <?php echo(date("d F, Y : l")); ?>
        </p>

        <form action="<?php echo($self); ?>" method="POST">
            <p>
                <input type="hidden" name="step" value="0">
                <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Try Again">
            </p>
        </form>

        <?php
    }        // end brace of above else

    include('includes/footer.php');
?>


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