Date and Time question

[smoky989]

ok this seems common enough but my head hurts so I'll ask you guys since you haven't failed me yet.

I want to have a PHP page only display during a certain time frame. I have four pages I want to do this for.

Page 1 - I want viewable from 11PM Friday until 1159 PM on Tuesday
Page 2 - I want viewable from 11PM Saturday until 1159 PM on Wednesday
Page 3 - I want viewable from 11PM Monday until 1159 PM on Friday
Page 4 - I want viewable from 11PM Tuesday until 1159 PM on Saturday

Any ideas for code? could I use something as simple as

Code:

if(var for current date > var for beginning date && var for current date < var for end date)
{
Content of the page
}

 

[sleipnir214]

Since your begin and end times overlap, I assume that you want a script that can display any of 4 blocks of content, depending on which time of the week it is.

You could do it with if-blocks, but then your code has to be changed should you ever remove a block of content to display or add a 5^th block.

Here's one way, using a configuration file...

Put your 4 content blocks in files outside your main script.

Create a configuration file which reads something like this:

[content1]
begin = 52300
end = 22359
file = test_fileshow_content1.html

[content2]
begin = 62300
end = 32359
file = test_fileshow_content2.html

[content3]
begin = 12300
end = 52359
file = test_fileshow_content3.html

[content4]
begin = 22300
end = 62359
file = test_fileshow_content4.html

Then parse your config file into an array and loop through it in a foreach, including the 4 content files:

<?php
$foo = parse_ini_file ('test_fileshow.ini', TRUE);

$bar = date ('wHi');

foreach ($foo as $content)
{
	if ($content['end'] >= $content['begin'])
	{
		if ($bar >= $content['begin'] && $bar <= $content['end'])
		{
			include($content['file']);
		}
	}
	else
	{
		if (($bar >= $content['begin'] && $bar <= 61159) ||
		    ($bar >= 00000 && $bar <= $content['end']))
		{
			include ($content['file']);
		}
	}
}
?>[code]

If you need to add a 5[sup]th[/sup] block to the mix, create a fifth content file and add that file's spec to your configuration file.
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