time period with php

[laura2k]

hi,

can anyone tell me how i can use php to display one thing if the server time is between 18:00-22:00 and all other times it should display something else?

thanx

[ergophobe]

$time = date(H);

if ($time <18 ¦¦ $time > 22)
{
display_one_thing();
}
else
{
display_other_thing();
}

[laura2k]

thanx will try that

[laura2k]

i get an error saying:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING on the line that reads:

if ($time <18 ¦¦ $time > 22)

any ideas?

also, how about if i want a few different ranges?

e.g.

if time is between 14:00-15:00 display 1, if 15:-18:00 display 2 and if 18:00-22:00 display 3 else display other thing

thanx

[ergophobe]

You are probably missing a semi-colon, quote or something else like that on the preceding line.

As for additional ranges, it's just the same.

[Timotheos]

Are you aware that this forum breaks the pipe symbol? So if you copy and paste code from here you have to manually type in your own ¦¦.

[laura2k]

yeah i just figured that out now :) that was the problem anyway thanx for your help

[ergophobe]

Thanks Timotheos. I always forget about that.

[laura2k]

i am trying to add more time ranges to the following code but cant seem to have any luck:

if ($time <18 ¦¦ $time > 22)
{
echo "time is not between 18:00 - 22:00";
}
else
{
echo "time is between 18:00 - 22:00";
}

i want to add other ranges, such as 13:00-18:00, 22:00-04:00, 04:00-10:00

can anyone please tell me how i can do this?

thanx

[jatar_k]

you can either do an if else situation or use a switch. I would use a switch.

<? 
$time = date(H); 
switch ($time) { 
 case ($time < 4): 
 echo "time is between 00:00 - 04:00"; 
 break; 
 case ($time < 10): 
 echo "time is between 04:00 - 10:00"; 
 break; 
 case ($time < 13): 
 echo "time is between 10:00 - 13:00"; 
 break; 
 case ($time < 18): 
 echo "time is between 13:00 - 18:00"; 
 break; 
 case ($time < 22): 
 echo "time is between 18:00 - 22:00"; 
 break; 
 default: 
 echo "time is between 22:00 - 24:00"; 
 break; 
} 
?>

you can always add cases as the need arises