On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 15:53 -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Matijn Woudt wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperl...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Actually, this works for me:
> >>
> >> $days_in_month = date('t', mktime(0, 0, 0, $next_month, 0, $year));
> >>
> >> But again, I don't see why I have to use "next month" to find the number
> >> of days in this month.
> >
> > That's because you're requesting day 0 of some month, which refers to
> > the last day in the previous month.
> > Try: $days_in_month = date('t', mktime(0, 0, 0, $next_month, 1, $year));
> >
> > - Matijn
>
> I got that.
>
> Beating the same dead horse again, I think day 0 of this month should contain
> the days in this month, but I am in the minority on this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
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I think a lot of the confusion is that we're so used to array indexes
beginning at 0 that we tend to assume other things should start there
too. I found this confusing when I first came across the date stuff in
PHP. Now I'm used to it, it makes sense.
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Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
