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  • Westcoast Sheri
    #1

    php "date()" function

    When I used the "date("nj") " function to generate an invoice, about 1
    out of 500 times, nothing comes up

    <?php
    $invoicedate = date("nj");
    ?>
    <html><head></head><body>
    Invoice date:
    <?php
    print $invoicedate;
    ?>
    </body></html>

    So, when I noticed some invoices were missing dates, I tried this:

    <?php
    $invoicedate = date("nj");
    ?>
    <html><head></head><body>
    Invoice date:
    <?php
    if (!invoicedate) {
    $invoicedate = date("nj");
    }
    print $invoicedate;
    ?>
    </body></html>

    But, still, 1 out of 500 times, no date prints to browser.

    My question is: On some web-servers, does the date() function not always
    work? If not, then why not?



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    • kingofkolt
      #2
      Re: php &quot;date()&qu ot; function

      "Westcoast Sheri" <sheri_deb88@no spamun8nospam.c om> wrote in message
      news:40C8D5CF.5 06A44DB@nospamu n8nospam.com...[color=blue]
      > When I used the "date("nj") " function to generate an invoice, about 1
      > out of 500 times, nothing comes up
      >
      > <?php
      > $invoicedate = date("nj");
      > ?>
      > <html><head></head><body>
      > Invoice date:
      > <?php
      > print $invoicedate;
      > ?>
      > </body></html>
      >
      > So, when I noticed some invoices were missing dates, I tried this:
      >
      > <?php
      > $invoicedate = date("nj");
      > ?>
      > <html><head></head><body>
      > Invoice date:
      > <?php
      > if (!invoicedate) {
      > $invoicedate = date("nj");
      > }
      > print $invoicedate;
      > ?>
      > </body></html>
      >
      > But, still, 1 out of 500 times, no date prints to browser.
      >
      > My question is: On some web-servers, does the date() function not always
      > work? If not, then why not?
      >
      >
      >[/color]

      This won't completely answer your question, but one problem I did notice in
      your second example was that you left out the dollar sign $ in the if
      statement on line 7:

      if (!invoicedate) {

      should be

      if (!$invoicedate) {

      - JP


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        • Westcoast Sheri
          #3
          Re: php &quot;date()&qu ot; function

          kingofkolt wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > "Westcoast Sheri" <sheri_deb88@no spamun8nospam.c om> wrote in message
          > news:40C8D5CF.5 06A44DB@nospamu n8nospam.com...[color=green]
          > > When I used the "date("nj") " function to generate an invoice, about 1
          > > out of 500 times, nothing comes up
          > >
          > > <?php
          > > $invoicedate = date("nj");
          > > ?>
          > > <html><head></head><body>
          > > Invoice date:
          > > <?php
          > > print $invoicedate;
          > > ?>
          > > </body></html>
          > >
          > > So, when I noticed some invoices were missing dates, I tried this:
          > >
          > > <?php
          > > $invoicedate = date("nj");
          > > ?>
          > > <html><head></head><body>
          > > Invoice date:
          > > <?php
          > > if (!invoicedate) {
          > > $invoicedate = date("nj");
          > > }
          > > print $invoicedate;
          > > ?>
          > > </body></html>
          > >
          > > But, still, 1 out of 500 times, no date prints to browser.
          > >
          > > My question is: On some web-servers, does the date() function not always
          > > work? If not, then why not?
          > >
          > >
          > >[/color]
          >
          > This won't completely answer your question, but one problem I did notice in
          > your second example was that you left out the dollar sign $ in the if
          > statement on line 7:
          >
          > if (!invoicedate) {
          >
          > should be
          >
          > if (!$invoicedate) {
          >
          > - JP[/color]

          Oops, just a typo in this newsgroup only, not in script.


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