[RESOLVED] more optimized way of processing 2d data

[hiflyerx]

Is there a better way of this, using arrays?

paydates is simply:

January 1 2009, January 15 2009
January 16 2009, January 31 2009
... etc

well, actually it is more complex to calculate the paydates, so that's why I would rather have it as a separate manually entered file...

$row = 1;

$paydate_file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/cals/paydates.csv';

$handle = fopen($paydate_file, "r");

while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 50, ",")) !== FALSE) {

$today = strtotime("today");
$data[0] = strtotime($data[0]);
$data[1] = strtotime($data[1]);

//match the time and data
if ($today >= $data[0] && $today <= $data[1])
 {

	$startdate = $data[0];
	$enddate = $data[1];
	$data = ( $ical->BigDaddy($startdate, $enddate) );

}

}

Much thanks 🙂

[dagon]

would a db be more efficient,

[hiflyerx]

i want to stay away from db right now
security + i have no idea

young grasshopper must walk before he can run 😉

[dagon]

When i started, i thought flat files where easier than db's, then when i started using dbs i realised how wrong i was , a db is designed for this sort of thing, a flat file is not, a db is a lot easier. As for security, db files are just files there's no more or less security with either if used properly.

[hiflyerx]

I'll get there
but not yet 😉