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Use custom meta key in strtotime

I have a piece of code that does two different things depending on whether it is before a certain date or not. Like so:



<?php 

$end_date = strtotime('12:00am June 27, 2011' );

$now = time();

if ($end_date < $now) {   



//do something



 } else {



//do something else



} ?>


I want to replace part of the date with a string from a custom meta key, specifically: 
June 27, 2011
but leaving the 12:00am part. Or I suppose I could just lose the 12.00am part altogether.

So the outcome will be something like this... with the exception that it works. 



<?php 

$dbt_release = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'dbt_release', true);

$end_date = strtotime('12:00am $dbt_release' );

$now = time();

if ($end_date < $now) {   



//do something



 } else {



//do something else



} ?>


Thoughts?

James Beardmore | 03/29/11 at 8:20pm | Edit


(2) Possible Answers Submitted...

  • avatar
    Last edited:
    03/29/11
    8:58pm
    John Cotton says:

    Hi James

    If you meta data is in the format you mention, then this would work:


    
$end_date = strtotime( $dbt_release . ' T1200' );


    John

    UPDATE Lew - you're right, it should be


    
$end_date = strtotime( $dbt_release . ' T0000' );


    for 12am. :)

    Previous versions of this answer: 03/29/11 at 8:58pm

  • avatar
    Last edited:
    03/29/11
    8:48pm
    Lew Ayotte says:

    Yeah,

    What you have would work, but you have the variable inside of single quotes, which I believe causes PHP to read it as just a regular string...

    What John said should work, but this would work too:

    $end_date = strtotime( '12:00am ' . $dbt_release );


    or

    $end_date = strtotime( "12:00am $dbt_release" );


    Lew

    • 03/29/11 8:47pm

      Lew Ayotte says:

      Actually, I think T1200 is 12PM, not 12AM... T0 (I think)...

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