Date function

[toufik toufik]

I've asked this question last week, Thanks for your answers, but I still
having the ambiguity.
I need to have a date using today's date and a number of days:
dateX = todays date - x number of days

can someone give me an example of php code . thanks.

I'm using windows, appache server.

[Geoff Berrow]

Re: Date function

I noticed that Message-ID: <sEL0c.5947$qA2 .333894@news20. bellglobal.com>
from toufik toufik contained the following:
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>I've asked this question last week, Thanks for your answers, but I still
>having the ambiguity.
>I need to have a date using today's date and a number of days:
>dateX = todays date - x number of days
>
>can someone give me an example of php code . thanks.[/color]

print date("F jS, Y", strtotime("-x days"));
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[Tom Thackrey]

Re: Date function


On 1-Mar-2004, "toufik toufik" <toufiki@sympat ico.ca> wrote:
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> I've asked this question last week, Thanks for your answers, but I still
> having the ambiguity.
> I need to have a date using today's date and a number of days:
> dateX = todays date - x number of days[/color]

$x = 3;

$dateX = date('Y-m-d',strtotime("- $x day")); // assuming you want the date
in a string format

$dateX = strtotime("- $x day"); // if you want the date as a unix timestamp

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[toufik toufik]

Re: Date function

It works, thanks
"Tom Thackrey" <use.signature@ nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> On 1-Mar-2004, "toufik toufik" <toufiki@sympat ico.ca> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I've asked this question last week, Thanks for your answers, but I still
> > having the ambiguity.
> > I need to have a date using today's date and a number of days:
> > dateX = todays date - x number of days[/color]
>
> $x = 3;
>
> $dateX = date('Y-m-d',strtotime("- $x day")); // assuming you want the[/color]
date[color=blue]
> in a string format
>
> $dateX = strtotime("- $x day"); // if you want the date as a unix[/color]
timestamp[color=blue]
>
> --
> Tom Thackrey
> www.creative-light.com
> tom (at) creative (dash) light (dot) com
> do NOT send email to jamesbutler@wil lglen.net (it's reserved for spammers)[/color]