How to search a query between 2 time in php - php

Question

I need to search a row between 2 times in one day
for example
current time is 13.30 O'clock
The first time is 13.00 O'clock
The second time is 14.00 O'clock
If the current time is between the first time and the second time, return true, else return false
i make some code like this :
$today = date("Y-m-d");
$this->db->query("select date, in, out from absent where date='$today' and id_user='120'")->result();
/*
the result is 3 rows
2019-3-7, 13:00, 14:00
2019-3-7, 09.00, 12.00
2019-3-7, 15:00, 17:00
*/
I just need one row which the current time is between the first and second time

Answer 1

Like this (if you have a single date time field):
$firstTime = (new DateTime)->format('H:i:s');
$secondTime = (new DateTime)->modify('+1 hours +2 minutes +3 seconds')->format('H:i:s');
$this->db->query("SELECT `date`, in, out FROM absent WHERE TIME(`date`) >= '$firstTime' AND TIME(`date`) <= '$secondTime' AND id_user='120'");
Date is a reserved word in MySQL so you have to escape it. You can do this for any part of a datetime field, MONTH(), DAY(), YEAR(), TIME(), HOUR() etc..
Then you just match your date format in this case just the time H:i:s and a bit of logic.
It's not clear but you may need something like this as it looks like you have a date field and two fields with Hour and Minutes?
$today = new DateTime;
$date = $today->format('Y-m-d');
$in = $today->format('H:i');
$out = $today->modify('+2 hours')->format('H:i');
$this->db->query("SELECT `date`, in, out FROM absent WHERE `date` = '$date' AND in >= '$in' AND out <= '$out' AND id_user='120'");
Personally in this case I would make in and out be full datetime fields, then you can use the date functions like above, and you can eliminate one column, and handle in and out values that bridge a date.

Answer 2

You can use below code:
$this->db->select('date, in, out');
$this->db->from('absent');
$this->db->where('date', $today);
$this->db->where('user_id', '120');
$this->db->where('in >='. $currentTime);
$this->db->where('out <='. $currentTime);
return $this->db->get()->result_array();
Hope it helps you.

Answer 3

Try like this
First, convert all three times into strtotime()
Second, result() will always give you more than one row if it will retrieve. Use row() to get only one record
$current = strtotime('time-one');
$first_time = strtotime('time-two');
$second_time = strtotime('time-three');
$date = date('Y-m-d');
Query
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->from('table');
$this->db->where('date', $date);
$this->db->where('user_id', '120');
$this->db->where('time >='. $first_time);
$this->db->where('time <='. $second_time);
return $this->db->get()->row();