PHP Date Exercises : Calculate weeks between two dates

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PHP date: Exercise-19 with Solution

Write a PHP script to calculate weeks between two dates.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
function week_between_two_dates($date1, $date2)
{
    $first = DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', $date1);
    $second = DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', $date2);
    if($date1 > $date2) return week_between_two_dates($date2, $date1);
    return floor($first->diff($second)->days/7);
}

$dt1 = '1/1/2014';
$dt2 = '12/31/2014';
echo 'Weeks between '.$dt1.' and '. $dt2. ' is '. week_between_two_dates($dt1, $dt2)."\n";
?>

Sample Output:

Weeks between 1/1/2014 and 12/31/2014 is 52

Flowchart :

Flowchart: Calculate weeks between two dates

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PHP: Tips of the Day

How to Sort Multi-dimensional Array by Value?

Try a usort, If you are still on PHP 5.2 or earlier, you'll have to define a sorting function first:

Example:

function sortByOrder($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
}

usort($myArray, 'sortByOrder');

Starting in PHP 5.3, you can use an anonymous function:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
});

And finally with PHP 7 you can use the spaceship operator:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
});

To extend this to multi-dimensional sorting, reference the second/third sorting elements if the first is zero - best explained below. You can also use this for sorting on sub-elements.

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    $retval = $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
    if ($retval == 0) {
        $retval = $a['suborder'] <=> $b['suborder'];
        if ($retval == 0) {
            $retval = $a['details']['subsuborder'] <=> $b['details']['subsuborder'];
        }
    }
    return $retval;
});

If you need to retain key associations, use uasort() - see comparison of array sorting functions in the manual

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