Brian'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>Brian'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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