php-general Digest 4 Jan 2013 07:56:05 -0000 Issue 8086
Topics (messages 320004 through 320030):
Re: Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement
320004 by: Geoff Shang
320005 by: John Iliffe
320006 by: Marc Guay
320007 by: John Iliffe
320008 by: Marc Guay
320009 by: David OBrien
320010 by: Tedd Sperling
320011 by: Marc Guay
320012 by: Tedd Sperling
320013 by: Marc Guay
320014 by: Jim Lucas
320015 by: Marc Guay
320016 by: Volmar Machado
320017 by: Andreas Perstinger
320026 by: Volmar Machado
320028 by: Jim Lucas
320029 by: tamouse mailing lists
320030 by: Sebastian Krebs
date problem
320018 by: Marc Fromm
320019 by: Jonathan Sundquist
320020 by: Serge Fonville
320021 by: Ken Robinson
320022 by: Marc Fromm
320023 by: Jonathan Sundquist
320024 by: Marc Fromm
320025 by: Jim Giner
320027 by: Jim Lucas
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On Thu, 3 Jan 2013, Jim Giner wrote:
The only time I use a single '=' symbol in an if statement is when I forget
to use two of them! Must be my old school, old languages habits but this
style of programming reminds me of the days when we used to pack empty spaces
in assembler code with constants or byte-size vars in order to save memory
back when memory was the most precious resource one had.
The only time I'd consider doing it is if the next thing I was going to do
would be check to see if the assignment itself worked. for example:
if (file_handle = fopen("foo", "r")) {
...
}
Geoff.
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On Thursday 03 January 2013 10:26:39 Jim Giner wrote:
> On 1/2/2013 2:02 PM, Marc Guay wrote:
> > Something else that's happening with this, which makes it a Bad Idea
> > (tm) is that when the operator is "or", as it is in my real life
> > scenerio, the 2nd variable occasionally doesn't get populated if the
> > first one returns true.
> >
> > if ($a = "foo" || $b = "bar"){
> >
> > echo $a."<br />".$b;
> >
> > }
> >
> > Returns
> > foo
> >
> > And even worse, because I have this in a loop, what can happen is that
> > if $b gets populated on one loop, it doesn't get reset for the next
> > one so the data gets seriously bungled.
> >
> > Moral of the story: Don't be so fancy on your first day back after
> > vacation. :)
> >
> > Marc
>
> You actually use statements like that in order to populate vars?
> Whatever happened to "simple to understand, easy to maintain" coding
> practices?
>
> The only time I use a single '=' symbol in an if statement is when I
> forget to use two of them! Must be my old school, old languages habits
> but this style of programming reminds me of the days when we used to
> pack empty spaces in assembler code with constants or byte-size vars in
> order to save memory back when memory was the most precious resource one
> had.
I have been watching this discussion with some amusement and I recall the
days mentioned by Jim very well indeed!
First, did the original poster realize that he was assigning a value to the
variable $a in the 'if' statement? Assuming that he did, and this is not
just a typo, then remember how the if statement evaluates an OR condition;
that is, if the first variable is 'true' then the true path is followed
because there is no reason to go further. So the result is EXACTLY what
one would expect. $a is true (ie it is not set to a 'false' value,
whatever PHP uses for false) and $b is "bar" because that is what it is set
to. Since the evaluation is within a bracket, the interior values ($a, $b)
are set BEFORE the if condition is evaluated.
I see neither a bug in PHP nor a variance from the expected result here.
Regards,
John
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> First, did the original poster realize that he was assigning a value to the
> variable $a in the 'if' statement?
Hello,
Yes, I did, and if you read my responses you can see that I came to
the realisations you describe. I don't think that anyone suggested
there was a bug.
> $a is true (ie it is not set to a 'false' value,
> whatever PHP uses for false) and $b is "bar" because that is what it is set
> to. Since the evaluation is within a bracket, the interior values ($a, $b)
> are set BEFORE the if condition is evaluated.
Regarding this I'm a bit confused. In the case of an OR operator, $b
is not "bar" because it follows the "true" path as you said earlier.
Probably just a glitch in the English language. I'll file a bug for
that.
Marc
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On Thursday 03 January 2013 11:33:22 Marc Guay wrote:
> > First, did the original poster realize that he was assigning a value
> > to the variable $a in the 'if' statement?
>
> Hello,
>
> Yes, I did, and if you read my responses you can see that I came to
> the realisations you describe. I don't think that anyone suggested
> there was a bug.
>
> > $a is true (ie it is not set to a 'false' value,
> > whatever PHP uses for false) and $b is "bar" because that is what it
> > is set to. Since the evaluation is within a bracket, the interior
> > values ($a, $b) are set BEFORE the if condition is evaluated.
>
> Regarding this I'm a bit confused. In the case of an OR operator, $b
> is not "bar" because it follows the "true" path as you said earlier.
> Probably just a glitch in the English language. I'll file a bug for
> that.
>
> Marc
Hi Marc:
I'm not at all sure of that.
There are two things happening in parallel here: first the interior of the
brackets is evaluated as necessary, in this case the $a is set to "foo" and
the $b is set to "bar". Then the exterior part of the statement is
evaluated: if ($a..... ). It is this last operation that results in the
path selection through the code, and in this case $a is "true", $b is not
evaluated. ....mind you I'm basing this on my university basic programming
course from almost 50 years ago :-)
Regards,
John
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Hi John,
I just ran this:
if (($a = "foo") || ($b = "bar")){
echo $a."<br />".$b;
}
and it only spat out "foo" so I'm guessing things have changed. :)
Marc
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On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Marc Guay <marc.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I just ran this:
>
> if (($a = "foo") || ($b = "bar")){
> echo $a."<br />".$b;
> }
>
> and it only spat out "foo" so I'm guessing things have changed. :)
>
> Marc
>
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>
>From what I understood about || is once it sees a true the whole statement
is regarded as true so nothing else following matters so PHP ignores
everything in the conditional after it evaluates as true...
and once it sees a false the whole statement is regarded as false so
nothing else following matters again
even the docs say short circuiting is used :)
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.logical.php
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On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Marc Guay <marc.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just ran this:
>
> if (($a = "foo") || ($b = "bar")){
> echo $a."<br />".$b;
> }
>
> and it only spat out "foo" so I'm guessing things have changed. :)
>
> Marc
Marc et al:
I joined late into this conversation, so I may be missing the point, but you
want to discus strangeness try this:
<?php
if (($a = 'foo') | ($b = 'bar')) // <-- note the single pipe ( |
)
{
echo "$a <br > $b";
}
else
{
echo 'Neither are populated';
}
?>
However, the above practice of using one '=' is questionable -- the following
is better.
<?php
$a = 'foo';
$b = 'bar';
if (($a == 'foo') | ($b == 'bar'))
{
echo "$a <br > $b";
}
else
{
echo 'Neither are populated';
}
?>
Comment out the variables to see how things work. Also change the number of
pipes to see how things change.
To the more accomplished programmers reading this, here's a question:
What's the difference between using one pipe or two in an 'if' statement? :-)
Cheers,
tedd
_____________________
t...@sperling.com
http://sperling.com
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Hi Tedd,
A little searching enlightened me to the fact that in other languages,
a single | or & operator will cancel the short-circuiting so all of
the evaluations are done before proceeding. However, they don't seem
to exist in PHP so in your example it behaves the same as ||...?
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.logical.php
Marc
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On Jan 3, 2013, at 12:09 PM, David OBrien <dgobr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From what I understood about || is once it sees a true the whole statement
> is regarded as true so nothing else following matters so PHP ignores
> everything in the conditional after it evaluates as true...
> and once it sees a false the whole statement is regarded as false so
> nothing else following matters again
You are correct with regard to the double pipe ( || ).
The double pipe means simply that if the first expression is true, then the
second expression will not be considered.
Whereas, a single pipe ( | ) means that both expressions will be evaluated.
Now, I am not sure as to where that would mean anything. Can anyone provide an
example where using a single pipe would produce different results than using a
double pipe?
IOW, why is there a difference?
Cheers,
tedd
_____________________
t...@sperling.com
http://sperling.com
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> Now, I am not sure as to where that would mean anything. Can anyone provide
> an example where using a single pipe would produce different results than
> using a double pipe?
If PHP had "Eager operators" (thanks Wikipedia), then your first
example would have different output
if (($a = 'foo') | ($b = 'bar'))
{
echo "$a <br > $b";
}
else
{
echo 'Neither are populated';
}
Would spit out:
foo
bar
rather than just
foo
No?
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On 01/03/2013 09:25 AM, Marc Guay wrote:
Hi Tedd,
A little searching enlightened me to the fact that in other languages,
a single | or& operator will cancel the short-circuiting so all of
the evaluations are done before proceeding. However, they don't seem
to exist in PHP so in your example it behaves the same as ||...?
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.logical.php
Marc
In PHP | is not a logical operator, it is a bitwise operator. It is
used to flip bits in binary data. Not to be used in a logical condition
statement.
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.bitwise.php
--
Jim Lucas
http://www.cmsws.com/
http://www.cmsws.com/examples/
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I received the message below addressed only to me, but I believe the
group could benefit. It looks like the single pipe is a bitwise
operator so you will get an integer as a result (and probably other
weird things to discover when using it on non-numbers).
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.bitwise.php
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From: Volmar Machado <qi.vol...@gmail.com>
Date: 3 January 2013 12:42
Subject: Re: [PHP] Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement
To: Marc Guay <marc.g...@gmail.com>
My results in a simple test:
<?php
$a = true;
$b = false; // either null, or 0
echo ('($a | $b))' . ($a | $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a || $b))' . ($a || $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b | $a)' . ($b | $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b || $a)' . ($b || $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a | $a)'. ($a | $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a || $a)' . ($a || $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b | $b)' . ($b | $b) . '<br>'); //0
echo ('($b || $b)' . ($b || $b) . '<br>'); //false(outputs nothing)
?>
2013/1/3 Marc Guay <marc.g...@gmail.com>:
>> Now, I am not sure as to where that would mean anything. Can anyone provide
>> an example where using a single pipe would produce different results than
>> using a double pipe?
>
> If PHP had "Eager operators" (thanks Wikipedia), then your first
> example would have different output
>
> if (($a = 'foo') | ($b = 'bar'))
> {
> echo "$a <br > $b";
> }
> else
> {
> echo 'Neither are populated';
> }
>
> Would spit out:
> foo
> bar
>
> rather than just
> foo
>
> No?
>
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2013/1/3 Marc Guay <marc.g...@gmail.com>:
> I received the message below addressed only to me, but I believe the
> group could benefit. It looks like the single pipe is a bitwise
> operator so you will get an integer as a result (and probably other
> weird things to discover when using it on non-numbers).
>
> http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.bitwise.php
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Volmar Machado <qi.vol...@gmail.com>
> Date: 3 January 2013 12:42
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if
> statement
> To: Marc Guay <marc.g...@gmail.com>
>
>
> My results in a simple test:
>
> <?php
> $a = true;
> $b = false; // either null, or 0
> echo ('($a | $b))' . ($a | $b) . '<br>'); //1
> echo ('($a || $b))' . ($a || $b) . '<br>'); //1
> echo ('($b | $a)' . ($b | $a) . '<br>'); //1
> echo ('($b || $a)' . ($b || $a) . '<br>'); //1
> echo ('($a | $a)'. ($a | $a) . '<br>'); //1
> echo ('($a || $a)' . ($a || $a) . '<br>'); //1
> echo ('($b | $b)' . ($b | $b) . '<br>'); //0
> echo ('($b || $b)' . ($b || $b) . '<br>'); //false(outputs nothing)
> ?>
The basic difference for another test, where conditions are both true are :
<?php
$a = 4;
$b = 3;
echo ('($a | $b))' . ($a | $b) . '<br>'); //7
echo ('($a || $b))' . ($a || $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b | $a)' . ($b | $a) . '<br>'); //7
echo ('($b || $a)' . ($b || $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a | $a)'. ($a | $a) . '<br>'); //4
echo ('($a || $a)' . ($a || $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b | $b)' . ($b | $b) . '<br>'); //3
echo ('($b || $b)' . ($b || $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a & $b))' . ($a & $b) . '<br>'); //0
<-------------------------------------------
echo ('($a && $b))' . ($a && $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b & $a)' . ($b & $a) . '<br>'); //0
<-------------------------------------------
echo ('($b && $a)' . ($b && $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a & $a)'. ($a & $a) . '<br>'); //4
echo ('($a && $a)' . ($a && $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b & $b)' . ($b & $b) . '<br>'); //3
echo ('($b && $b)' . ($b && $b) . '<br>'); //1
?>
<?php
$a = 2;
$b = 3;
echo ('($a | $b))' . ($a | $b) . '<br>'); //3
echo ('($a || $b))' . ($a || $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b | $a)' . ($b | $a) . '<br>'); //3
echo ('($b || $a)' . ($b || $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a | $a)'. ($a | $a) . '<br>'); //2
echo ('($a || $a)' . ($a || $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b | $b)' . ($b | $b) . '<br>'); //3
echo ('($b || $b)' . ($b || $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a & $b))' . ($a & $b) . '<br>'); //2 <----------------------------
echo ('($a && $b))' . ($a && $b) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b & $a)' . ($b & $a) . '<br>'); //2 <-----------------------------
echo ('($b && $a)' . ($b && $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($a & $a)'. ($a & $a) . '<br>'); //2
echo ('($a && $a)' . ($a && $a) . '<br>'); //1
echo ('($b & $b)' . ($b & $b) . '<br>'); //3
echo ('($b && $b)' . ($b && $b) . '<br>'); //1
?>
When the one of the operators were 2, the cases with "<------------"
returns 2 otherwise returns 0 (Or 1 when any operator is 1). And if
the operators are 1 and 2, return 0 too. Its curious for me.
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Volmar Machado <qi.vol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>When the one of the operators were 2, the cases with "<------------"
>returns 2 otherwise returns 0 (Or 1 when any operator is 1). And if
>the operators are 1 and 2, return 0 too. Its curious for me.
& is the bitwise and operator. You have to look at the binary
representation of the numbers to see what is happening:
2 decimal is 0010 binary
1 decimal is 0001 binary
2 & 1 == 0010 & 0001 == 0000 == 0
In your other examples you had
2 & 3 == 0010 & 0011 == 0010 == 2
and
4 & 3 == 0100 & 0011 == 0000 == 0
Does this help?
Bye, Andreas
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Based on what I learned. I create this simple sample that can occurs
in a real world application.
This simulate a system that needs to send a mail when a flag ($mail)
is true, the system need to
check if the category is passed with the flag to know the type of mail to send.
Here is the results.
<?php
$mail = true;
$mail_types = array(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,'A','B');
$print_it = '';
foreach($mail_types as $mail_type){
echo "For $mail_type:<br>";
if($mail & $mail_type){
$print_it = 'email sent.<br>';
} else {
$print_it = 'Mail type not defined!';
}
if($mail && $mail_type){
$print_it = ('email sent.<br>' != $print_it) ? 'Only && email
sent.<br>' : NULL;
} else {
$print_it = ('email sent.<br>' == $print_it) ? 'Only & email
sent.<br>' : NULL;
}
echo $print_it;
}
?>
2013/1/3 Andreas Perstinger <andiper...@gmail.com>:
> Volmar Machado <qi.vol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>When the one of the operators were 2, the cases with "<------------"
>>returns 2 otherwise returns 0 (Or 1 when any operator is 1). And if
>>the operators are 1 and 2, return 0 too. Its curious for me.
>
> & is the bitwise and operator. You have to look at the binary
> representation of the numbers to see what is happening:
> 2 decimal is 0010 binary
> 1 decimal is 0001 binary
>
> 2 & 1 == 0010 & 0001 == 0000 == 0
>
> In your other examples you had
> 2 & 3 == 0010 & 0011 == 0010 == 2
> and
> 4 & 3 == 0100 & 0011 == 0000 == 0
>
> Does this help?
>
> Bye, Andreas
>
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On 01/03/2013 11:43 AM, Andreas Perstinger wrote:
& is the bitwise and operator.
So is a single pipe.
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.bitwise.php
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Jim Lucas
http://www.cmsws.com/
http://www.cmsws.com/examples/
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Bit operators & and | are NOT and should NEVER be confused with
Logical operators && and ||:
<?php
/**
* Bit operators in PHP
*/
$format = "Decimal: %2d Binary: %4b\n";
$a = 4;
$b = 6;
echo "Variable \$a:\n";
printf($format, $a, $a);
echo "Variable \$b:\n";
printf($format, $b, $b);
$c = $a | $b;
echo "Result of OR bit operator\n";
printf($format, $c, $c);
$c = $a & $b;
echo "Result of AND bit operator\n";
printf($format, $c, $c);
?>
OUTPUT:
-------
Variable $a:
Decimal: 4 Binary: 100
Variable $b:
Decimal: 6 Binary: 110
Result of OR bit operator
Decimal: 6 Binary: 110
Result of AND bit operator
Decimal: 4 Binary: 100
Bit operators are not comparing values, they're COMBINING values.
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2013/1/4 tamouse mailing lists <tamouse.li...@gmail.com>
> Bit operators & and | are NOT and should NEVER be confused with
> Logical operators && and ||:
>
>
> <?php
> /**
> * Bit operators in PHP
> */
>
> $format = "Decimal: %2d Binary: %4b\n";
>
>
> $a = 4;
> $b = 6;
>
>
> echo "Variable \$a:\n";
> printf($format, $a, $a);
>
> echo "Variable \$b:\n";
> printf($format, $b, $b);
>
> $c = $a | $b;
> echo "Result of OR bit operator\n";
> printf($format, $c, $c);
>
> $c = $a & $b;
> echo "Result of AND bit operator\n";
> printf($format, $c, $c);
>
> ?>
>
>
> OUTPUT:
> -------
>
> Variable $a:
> Decimal: 4 Binary: 100
> Variable $b:
> Decimal: 6 Binary: 110
> Result of OR bit operator
> Decimal: 6 Binary: 110
> Result of AND bit operator
> Decimal: 4 Binary: 100
>
>
> Bit operators are not comparing values, they're COMBINING values.
>
Technically spoken they're comparing bits, whereas boolean operators does
the same, but treaten every value as a single bit.
>
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I am comparing to dates.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN)) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if statement,
since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not less than 09/16/2012.
Marc
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1/3/2012 is in fact less then 9/16/2012.....
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Marc Fromm <marc.fr...@wwu.edu> wrote:
> I am comparing to dates.
>
> define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
> $jes = 01/03/2012;
>
> if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN))
> )
> {
> $error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
> }
>
> I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if
> statement, since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not less than
> 09/16/2012.
>
> Marc
>
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Hi.
date returns a string
You should compare a different type for bigger/smaller than
HTH
Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
Serge Fonville
http://www.sergefonville.nl
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2013/1/3 Marc Fromm <marc.fr...@wwu.edu>
> I am comparing to dates.
>
> define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
> $jes = 01/03/2012;
>
> if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN))
> )
> {
> $error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
> }
>
> I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if
> statement, since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not less than
> 09/16/2012.
>
> Marc
>
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At 04:57 PM 1/3/2013, Marc Fromm wrote:
I am comparing to dates.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN)) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if
statement, since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not
less than 09/16/2012.
You shouldn't be comparing the date strings, but the UNIX timestamp values:
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( strtotime($jes) < strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
Ken
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Thanks for the reply.
Every example on comparing dates in PHP that I found uses the "strtotime"
function which I am using. What other type can I use?
When is this example below supposed to work?
// your first date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
$dateA = '2008-03-01 13:34';
// your second date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
$dateB = '2007-04-14 15:23';
if(strtotime<http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateA) >
strtotime<http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateB)){
// bla bla
}
Thanks
From: Serge Fonville [mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:05 PM
To: Marc Fromm
Cc: php-gene...@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] date problem
Hi.
date returns a string
You should compare a different type for bigger/smaller than
HTH
Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
Serge Fonville
http://www.sergefonville.nl
Convince Microsoft!
They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table
2013/1/3 Marc Fromm <marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu>>
I am comparing to dates.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN)) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if statement,
since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not less than 09/16/2012.
Marc
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Marc,
When you take a date and do a strtotime you are converting it to an int
which you can compare to each other much easier. So for your above example
you would be best doing.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( strtotime($jes) < strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Marc Fromm <marc.fr...@wwu.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Every example on comparing dates in PHP that I found uses the "strtotime"
> function which I am using. What other type can I use?
>
> When is this example below supposed to work?
>
> // your first date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
> $dateA = '2008-03-01 13:34';
> // your second date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
> $dateB = '2007-04-14 15:23';
> if(strtotime<http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateA) > strtotime<
> http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateB)){
> // bla bla
> }
>
> Thanks
>
>
> From: Serge Fonville [mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:05 PM
> To: Marc Fromm
> Cc: php-gene...@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] date problem
>
> Hi.
>
> date returns a string
>
> You should compare a different type for bigger/smaller than
>
> HTH
>
> Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
>
> Serge Fonville
>
> http://www.sergefonville.nl
>
> Convince Microsoft!
> They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server
>
> https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table
>
> 2013/1/3 Marc Fromm <marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu>>
> I am comparing to dates.
>
> define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
> $jes = 01/03/2012;
>
> if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN))
> )
> {
> $error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
> }
>
> I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if
> statement, since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not less than
> 09/16/2012.
>
> Marc
>
>
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Thanks Jonathan. I removed the date() syntax function and it works.
From: Jonathan Sundquist [mailto:jsundqu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:16 PM
To: Marc Fromm
Cc: Serge Fonville; php-gene...@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] date problem
Marc,
When you take a date and do a strtotime you are converting it to an int which
you can compare to each other much easier. So for your above example you would
be best doing.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( strtotime($jes) < strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Marc Fromm
<marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu>> wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Every example on comparing dates in PHP that I found uses the "strtotime"
function which I am using. What other type can I use?
When is this example below supposed to work?
// your first date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
$dateA = '2008-03-01 13:34';
// your second date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
$dateB = '2007-04-14 15:23';
if(strtotime<http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateA) >
strtotime<http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateB)){
// bla bla
}
Thanks
From: Serge Fonville
[mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com<mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:05 PM
To: Marc Fromm
Cc: php-gene...@lists.php.net<mailto:php-gene...@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP] date problem
Hi.
date returns a string
You should compare a different type for bigger/smaller than
HTH
Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
Serge Fonville
http://www.sergefonville.nl
Convince Microsoft!
They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table
2013/1/3 Marc Fromm
<marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu><mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu>>>
I am comparing to dates.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN)) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if statement,
since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not less than 09/16/2012.
Marc
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On 1/3/2013 5:22 PM, Marc Fromm wrote:
Thanks Jonathan. I removed the date() syntax function and it works.
From: Jonathan Sundquist [mailto:jsundqu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:16 PM
To: Marc Fromm
Cc: Serge Fonville; php-gene...@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] date problem
Marc,
When you take a date and do a strtotime you are converting it to an int which
you can compare to each other much easier. So for your above example you would
be best doing.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( strtotime($jes) < strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Marc Fromm
<marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu>> wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Every example on comparing dates in PHP that I found uses the "strtotime"
function which I am using. What other type can I use?
When is this example below supposed to work?
// your first date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
$dateA = '2008-03-01 13:34';
// your second date coming from a mysql database (date fields)
$dateB = '2007-04-14 15:23';
if(strtotime<http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateA) >
strtotime<http://www.php.net/strtotime>($dateB)){
// bla bla
}
Thanks
From: Serge Fonville
[mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com<mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:05 PM
To: Marc Fromm
Cc: php-gene...@lists.php.net<mailto:php-gene...@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP] date problem
Hi.
date returns a string
You should compare a different type for bigger/smaller than
HTH
Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
Serge Fonville
http://www.sergefonville.nl
Convince Microsoft!
They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table
2013/1/3 Marc Fromm
<marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu><mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu<mailto:marc.fr...@wwu.edu>>>
I am comparing to dates.
define('WSOFFBEGIN','09/16/2012');
$jes = 01/03/2012;
if ( date("m/d/Y", strtotime($jes)) < date("m/d/Y", strtotime(WSOFFBEGIN)) )
{
$error = " MUST begin after " . WSOFFBEGIN . "\n";
}
I cannot figure out why the $error is being assigned inside the if statement,
since the statement should be false. 01/03/2012 is not less than 09/16/2012.
Marc
And hopefully put quotes around 01/03/2012.
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On 01/03/2013 01:57 PM, Marc Fromm wrote:
$jes = 01/03/2012;
# php -r "echo 01/03/2012;"
0.00016567263088138
You might want to put quotes around that value so it is actually a
string and does not get evaluated.
--
Jim Lucas
http://www.cmsws.com/
http://www.cmsws.com/examples/
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