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Question

I have an array structured like this:

Array ( [0] => 24-12-2013 [1] => 25-12-2013 [2] => 26-12-2014 [3] => 27-12-2013 [4])

I would like to check if any of the dates in the array are within a given date range.

The date range is structured like this:

$start = (date("d-m-Y", strtotime('25-12-2013')));
$end =   (date("d-m-Y", strtotime('26'12'2013')));

I would like to know which dates in the array are within the date range.

Answer 1

Couple things:

• Use timestamps or DateTime objects to compare dates, not strings
• Use date format YYYY-MM-DD to avoid potential ambiguity about your date format (d/m/y or m/d/y)

This code will do what you want:

$dates = array("2013-12-24","2013-12-25","2014-12-24","2013-12-27");
$start = strtotime('2013-12-25');
$end =   strtotime('2013-12-26');

foreach($dates AS $date) {
    $timestamp = strtotime($date);
    if($timestamp >= $start && $timestamp <= $end) {
        echo "The date $date is within our date range
";
    } else {
        echo "The date $date is NOT within our date range
";
    }
}

See it in action:

http://3v4l.org/GWJI2