if Monday then; else ???

[Chad J]

This question is for PHP coding and not using MySQL.

I am trying to figure out the code to make:

if monday then
code

else
code

I would really like to get this based on SERVER time. Ideally I would like a section of code to execute if the day is Monday, and the server time is 4-7pm.

The reason for this is to have a 'live chat' image to appear, that gives a link to a chat room, but I only want it to appear on Mondays from 4-7.

Can someone help me with this?

TIA!

[TWTCommish]

$time = mktime();
$hour = date("g", $time);
  if (date("D-a", $time) == "Mon-pm" && $hour >= 4 && $hour <= 6) {
    print "Live Chat!";
  } 

I think that should do it. I could be wrong, though.

[Defender1]

<?php
$day = date("l");
$current_hour = date("g");

if ($day == "Monday" && $current_hour >= 16 && $current_hour <= 19) {
//do your code here
} else {
// do your alternate coding here
}
?>

The l (lowercase L) will store the current day of the week into $day and the $current_hour will get the hour of the day with a 24 hour clock (example - 4 pm is 16 etc.. just add 12 to your normal time to get the 24 hour clocks time) then with an if statement you check if it's monday, as well as the hours are between 16 and 19 (4 and 7pm) and do the code you want between the { and }.
If it's not monday, or it's not between 4 and 7 pm do whatever else code you want after the else statemnt, between the { and }

[freddydoesphp]

Well to check if monday is today.

$hour = date("H", mktime(date("H")));
$day = date("D");
if($day == 'Mon'  && ($hour >= 16 && $hour < 19)) {
print "Its monday between 4 and 7 pm";
}
else {
print "Its not monday between 4 and 7 pm";
} 

Now if you need to adjust the server time to account for a different time zone just change the first line. For example if you live in one time zone and the server is 2 hours behind you. Simply make the line

$hour = date("H", mktime(date("H") - 2)); 

Or two hours ahead

$hour = date("H", mktime(date("H") + 2)); 

[TWTCommish]

LOL, three slightly different methods...and I'll bet they all work, too.

[Defender1]

and all within 5 mins too!