php: if now is business hours echo "we are open!"

[idamay]

Hello,

I want to use php to put a note on a site saying "we are open, call now" (or whatever) if the time is between 7:30am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday.

Any help/direction is much appreciated.
Thanks!
Ida

[logic_earth]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

if ( (int)date( 'N' ) < 6 ) {
    $h = (int)date( 'G' );
    if ( $h >= 7 && $h <= 16 ) {
        print 'Open!';
    }
} 

Course I skipped the minutes on purpose. I leave that to you.

[Stormrider]

Take a look at the documentation on php.net for the date function - that has lots of information on how to get day of the week, current hour, minute, second etc.

[felgall]

Just remember that if you are only open for a few hours each day that you will always appear to be closed to those people who are always asleep during those hours.

[BrandonK]

Don't forget holidays. It reflects badly if you say you are open during a holiday and you aren't.

[cranial-bore]

Just change your message to "We are probably open" and the holiday issue will be taken care of. Most of the time.

[PHP Monkey]

Holiday wont be an issue if he adds on the script what days his shop will be closed for say um the next year.

[idamay]

Thanks! Worked perfect.