Date Function to find date in the future

[scriderpsd]

I am trying to write a function that will always give me the next coming up Tuesday's date at 8:00 pm. I know it is probably very simple but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

Frustrated,

Scotty

[sneakyimp]

this may not be the most efficient way, but it works:

<?

$now = date('Y-m-d');
$add = 1;
$next_tuesday = null;
while (is_null($next_tuesday)) {
  $date_string = $now . " +$add day";
  echo $date_string . '<br>';
  $stamp = strtotime($date_string)
    or die('strtotime failed');
  echo $stamp . '<br>';
  if (date('N', $stamp) == 2) {
    $next_tuesday = date('Y-m-d', $stamp);
  }
  $add++;
}
echo 'next tuesday:' . $next_tuesday;
?>

[Installer]

Or you could do this:

$next_tuesday = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('next Tuesday'));

[sneakyimp]

dang it! G.J., Installer. strtotime is more powerful than I thought.

[Installer]

Yeah, although it has its weaknessess, by and large it is pretty powerful.

Saved me from a runaway locomotive once. 🙂