[RESOLVED] Date manipulation

[TeamTJ]

I have a calendar application that stores a date by breaking the 3 pieces (year, month, day) into 3 pieces and stores them seperately in their own fields. (Not my design, and it works awesomely, so changing is not an option)

I am now trying to modify it so I can add recurring items to the calendar (Staff meeting every wednesday, or conference for the next 5 days, that sort of thing) but I am unsure how to handle the rollover of a month and then a year.

For example, if I want something to repeat for 5 days and it starts 8/30, it should go 8/30 - 9/3. I don't know how to advance my 3-part dates to recognize the change in month and day so I don't end up with 8/34. Make sense?

Same thing with the end of the year...

How would I combine the 3 parts to a real date, advance the date by 1 for each day of the event and then split the date back to the 3 parts?

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[devinemke]

$year = '2006';
$month = '08';
$day = '30';

$start = $year . '-' . $month . '-' . $day;

echo '
start date = ' . $start . '<br>
the next 5 days are:<br><br>
';

for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++)
{
	$start = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($start . ' +1 day'));
	echo $start . '<br>';
}

[TeamTJ]

That's awesome, thank you.

How would I parse $start into the 3 pieces, then?

[devinemke]

$year = '2006'; 
$month = '08'; 
$day = '30';

$combined_date = $year . '-' . $month . '-' . $day;
$explode = explode('-', $combined_date);

echo 'year = ' . $explode[0] . '<br>';
echo 'month = ' . $explode[1] . '<br>';
echo 'day = ' . $explode[2] . '<br>';

[TeamTJ]

Worked great, thank you!!