Time occurs between two time

I need a function such it returns true when current time occurs
between the parameters.

function checkTime($time1,$time2){
$nowTime=date("H:i:s");

//MY LOGIC IS

if( $time1>$nowTime && $time2<$nowTime)

///

return true;
else
return false;

}

plz guide me the function run.

Re: Time occurs between two time

Kesavan wrote:
> I need a function such it returns true when current time occurs
> between the parameters.
>
> function checkTime($time1,$time2){
> $nowTime=date("H:i:s");
>
> //MY LOGIC IS
>
> if( $time1>$nowTime && $time2<$nowTime)
>
> ///
>
> return true;
> else
> return false;
>
> }
>
> plz guide me the function run.
>

You can't compare times as strings and expect it to work. You need to
first convert them to a numeric value, i.e. unixtime format.

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Re: Time occurs between two time

On 03.08.2007 13:37 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Kesavan wrote:
>> I need a function such it returns true when current time occurs
>> between the parameters.
>>
>> function checkTime($time1,$time2){
>> $nowTime=date("H:i:s");
>>
>> //MY LOGIC IS
>>
>> if( $time1>$nowTime && $time2<$nowTime)
>>
>> ///
>>
>> return true;
>> else
>> return false;
>>
>> }
>>
>> plz guide me the function run.
>>
>
> You can't compare times as strings and expect it to work. You need to
> first convert them to a numeric value, i.e. unixtime format.
>

Times in H:i:s format can be perfectly compared as strings.


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Re: Time occurs between two time

> > You can't compare times as strings and expect it to work. You need to
> > first convert them to a numeric value, i.e. unixtime format.
>
> Times in H:i:s format can be perfectly compared as strings.
>

yup, currently doing it in a small project I'm working on.

your function:

function checkTime($time1,$time2){
$nowTime=date("H:i:s");
//do validation on $time1 and $time2 to ensure H:i:s format

if( $time1>$nowTime && $time2<$nowTime) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
} // end checkTime


your function, which stripped of validation and exception handling,
looks like it should work (so long as $time1 and $time2 are in H:i:s
format. What's the problem?

Re: Time occurs between two time

Kesavan wrote:

> if( $time1>$nowTime && $time2<$nowTime)
> return true;
> else
> return false;

This can be abbreviated as:

return ($time1>$nowTime && $time2<$nowTime);

Whenever you find yourself writing:

if (X) return true;
else return false;

Just write:

return X;

instead.

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Re: Time occurs between two time

Kesavan wrote:

> I need a function such it returns true when current time occurs
> between the parameters.

Technically speaking, the following function meets the above
specification:

function checkTime () { return TRUE; }

Although I know what you *meant*, it pays to be fairly specific
around here.

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