[Resolved] checkdate and while statements...

[Lcousins]

hi coul someone please tell me why the following just goes on to time out :

$mon = 4;
$year = 2005;
$cd2 = 31;
while (!checkdate($mon,$cd2,$year)){
$cd2 = $cd2 - 1;
}
echo $cd2;

any ideas? i'm basically trying to get it to identify the last valid date of a given month...

[Installer]

Because April has only 30 days, so your "while: condition will always be true. As long as it's true it will keep looping. That's the nature of a "while".

[Lcousins]

the thing is, doesn't the while statement say while this is not a valid date, so it should loop once leaving $cd equalling 30 as the first valid date value in april??

[laserlight]

hmm... it works for me.

[Lcousins]

yes, sorry, i'v just tried it by itself and and does indeed work fine... Well I was due to make a bit of a prat of myself at some point today... I guess i must have had a typo somewhere first time round.. :bemused:

sorry, and thanks!

[Installer]

Sorry, my reading of your post was faulty.