Date sensitive content without SQL

xgator

I am a relative newbie to Php and wanted to see if anyone could help me out with this. I am trying to write a small script that will allow me to have one small section of a page's content change based on the date. The content would be in arrays (5 of them) and each piece of content would be up for 7 days at a time. The days would be Monday-Sunday of a week and the array would start over at #1 on the first day of the month. I tried to use $date("W") but that does not allow for the first day of the month reset. I have also tried specifying via $date("z") and using an array range but am having no luck. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

phil_j_poore

explain what you need more clearly space it out with the specific area you need help with ........
what are these array's ???
what do you want them to do ???
when do they change and to what ???
and what cycles happen (e.g. anything to do with time)

and i will try to help .....

gardnc

if array = $day[0]
$day[1]

etc.

Then
<?php
$array_counter = date("j");
while ($array_counter > 7) {

 $array_counter -= 7;

}

$array_counter -=1;

echo $day[$array_counter -1];

xgator

Sorry for the lack of inifo but I appreciate the help. I plan to make this so I only have to update it once per year. Here is what I have so far:

<?php

function display($current_zone)
{
$zone1 = "content will go here";
$zone2 = "content will go here";
$zone3 = "content will go here";
$zone4 = "content will go here";
$zone5 = "content will go here"; 
$zone[17] = "$zone2";
$zone[18] = "$zone2";
$zone[19] = "$zone2";
$zone[20] = "$zone2";
$zone[21] = "$zone2";
$zone[22] = "$zone2";
$zone[23] = "$zone2"; 
return "$zone[$current_zone]";
}
//get week and display appropriate zone
$current_zone = date("z")+1;
echo display($current_zone);
?>

In the script above, I left out $zone[1] through $zone[16] and $zone[24] through $zone[31] for brevity in this post.

I am able to make this script work. What I would like to do is be able to specify a range of numbers such as
$zone[17 through 23] so that I can clean up the code (it would be grotesque to have 365 lines for the year)

I have tried
$zone[range(17,23)] = "$zone2";
and
$zone[17,18,19,20,21,22,23] = $zone2";

and of course neither of them have worked.

Thanks again for helping out.

phil_j_poore

i now understand i think i will have a go with it now hang on ......

phil_j_poore

this is what i came up with....

<?php
function get ($number)
{
		$b = floor(($number-1)/7);
		return $b;
}
function display($current_zone)
{
		$content[0] = "content[0] content will go here";
		$content[1] = "content[1] content will go here";
		$content[2] = "content[2] content will go here";
		$content[3] = "content[3] content will go here";
		$content[4] = "content[4] content will go here";
		$index = get ($current_zone);
		return $content[$index];
}

for ($current_zone=1;$current_zone<=31;$current_zone++)
{
	$content = display($current_zone);
	printf("day: %s content: %s <br>",$current_zone,$content);
}
?>

this will give the output as follows .....

day: 1 content: content[0] content will go here
day: 2 content: content[0] content will go here
day: 3 content: content[0] content will go here
day: 4 content: content[0] content will go here
day: 5 content: content[0] content will go here
day: 6 content: content[0] content will go here
day: 7 content: content[0] content will go here
day: 8 content: content[1] content will go here
day: 9 content: content[1] content will go here
day: 10 content: content[1] content will go here
day: 11 content: content[1] content will go here
day: 12 content: content[1] content will go here
day: 13 content: content[1] content will go here
day: 14 content: content[1] content will go here
day: 15 content: content[2] content will go here
day: 16 content: content[2] content will go here
day: 17 content: content[2] content will go here
day: 18 content: content[2] content will go here
day: 19 content: content[2] content will go here
day: 20 content: content[2] content will go here
day: 21 content: content[2] content will go here
day: 22 content: content[3] content will go here
day: 23 content: content[3] content will go here
day: 24 content: content[3] content will go here
day: 25 content: content[3] content will go here
day: 26 content: content[3] content will go here
day: 27 content: content[3] content will go here
day: 28 content: content[3] content will go here
day: 29 content: content[4] content will go here
day: 30 content: content[4] content will go here
day: 31 content: content[4] content will go here

is this right or have i got the wrong end of the stick ???

xgator

Um....wrong end of the stick 🙂 Here's what I am trying to accomplish. I have a page that repeats monthly. It covers 5 "zones" These zones are month and week specific.

Example:

Welcome to My Page

This week we are in Zone 2. Make sure you check your zone instructions for current information.

End Example

The portion above about "This week we are in Zone 2...." is the content that would change via the script.

As I said, these zones rotate weekly. The odd part is that if a month ends or begins in the middle of the week, I need that to be recognized and the script to change. So, if I had a week that Starts on Monday with the 30th, Tuesday is the 31st, Wednesday is the 1st, I need the Zone to switch from five to one for Wednesday and the remainder of the week.

Thanks for your assistance. I have been doing php for a while but never to this level.

phil_j_poore

that was only a test script to see if it did the right things at the right time.
would it work if you changed....

for ($current_zone=1;$current_zone<=31;$current_zone++) 
{ 
    $content = display($current_zone); 
    printf("day: %s content: %s <br>",$current_zone,$content); 
}

for

$current_zone = date("z")+1;
$content = display($current_zone);

this will i think work if i get your drift
i think i am right that when the day is eg the 5 it will give content[0] and then 1 week later it will give content[1] then again and again until the end of the month then it will reset back to content[0].......
do some tests with this and tell me where i have gone wrong and i will try to help again.....
Phil