How to loop with condition - php

Question

This is my $update array
Array
(
[0] => 08:31:08
[1] => 08:32:08
[2] => 08:33:08
[3] => 10:34:08
[4] => 08:51:08
[5] => 08:21:08
[6] => 10:39:08
[7] => 08:41:08
[8] => 08:49:08
[9] => 08:20:08
[10] => 08:11:08
[11] => 10:50:08
)
This is my code
$default_computed = 9:30:00
$timin ="";
for ($x=0; $x < count($update) ; $x++) {
if (strtotime($update[$x]) > strtotime($default_computed) ) {
$timin .= $update[$x].',';
$replace_timin = substr_replace($timin ,"",-1);
$updated_timin = explode(",",$replace_timin);
$late_time_in = count($updated_timin);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($update);
print_r($timin);
die();
}
}
i want this output but its stop already for 1 time
10:34:08,10:39:08,10:50:08,
how can i loop continuously to get my target output?

Answer 1

I'm assuming your script is trying to figure out which time inside the array is beyond the cutoff time (which is $default_computed = 9:30:00).
With this in mind, I'd suggest you take on a different approach on this problem and avoid string manipulations (using substr_replace, explode and such) and start using DateTime classes instead:
$default_computed = '9:30:00'; // cutoff time
$cutoff = new DateTime($default_computed); // using DateTime
foreach ($update as $time) { // so each time element inside the array
$time_in = new DateTime($time); // load each time
if ($time_in >= $cutoff) { // if this time is beyond the cutoff
echo $time_in->format('H:i:s'); // output it
}
}
They're much easier and straightforward to use since you just load in the time and you can compare DateTime to DateTime objects directly in the if conditions.
So its basically each time in inside the array compared to the cutoff time.

Answer 2

$update = array
(
'08:31:08',
'08:32:08',
'08:33:08',
'10:34:08',
'08:51:08',
'08:21:08',
'10:39:08',
'08:41:08',
'08:49:08',
'10:50:08'
);
$default_computed = '9:30:00';
$default_computed= date("H:i:s", strtotime($default_computed)); // Convert your string to time
for($i=0; $i < count($update) ; $i++){
$update[$i]= date("H:i:s", strtotime($update[$i])); //Convert each elements of the array into time format
if($update[$i]>$default_computed)
echo $update[$i].",";
}