And the reason I quoted 'usual' is that my suggestion is more portable.

On Thursday 14 Aug 2003 11:54 am, Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote:
> On 13 August 2003 20:05, Nicholas Robinson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 13 Aug 2003 8:00 pm, Scott Fletcher wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > >     Here's a trick script.  We know that some months have the last
> > > day which is 30 while other is 31.  As for February, it can be
> > >  either 28 or 29. So, what's the trick in using the php to find out
> > > what is the last day of the month if you want to checked it against
> > > the server's clock to find out the last day of the month.  Suppose
> > > it is this month or 3 months ago or 3 months from now.  Anyone know?
> >
> > The 'usual' trick is to set the date to the first day of the month
> > after the one you want and then subtract one day.
>
> Actually, the "usual" trick is to ask mktime() for the 0th day of the
> following month.  One of the examples on the mktime() page of the manual
> (http://www.php.net/mktime) even illustrates exactly this.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mike
>
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