Specify if date is a weekend and/or a holiday PHP - php

Question

I need to write a program that generates a random date
$start = strtotime('2010-01-01');
$end = strtotime('2018-01-01');
$random_date = date('n F Y l ', rand($start, $end));
then I need to translate the names of months and days into russian
$lat = array ('Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday', 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December');
$rus = array ('Воскресенье', 'Понедельник', 'Вторник', 'Среда', 'Четверг', 'Пятница', 'Суббота', 'Января', 'Февраля', 'Марта', 'Апреля', 'Июня', 'Июля', 'Августа', 'Сентября', 'Октября', 'Ноября', 'Декабря');
return str_replace($lat,$rus, $random_date) ;
$holidays = array('8 января','7 января','14 января', '23 февраля','8 марта','1 апреля','12 апреля','1 мая','9 мая','12 июня','22 июня','1 сентября','27 сентября','4 ноября','12 декабря','31 декабря','1 января');//dates of rus holidays
Then I need to display the date in this format:
2 Февраля 2014 Пятница (2 February 2014 Friday).
Here's what I am having trouble with:
The end result must look like this: 2 February 2014 Friday holiday and/or weekend.
So, I need to specify whether the displayed date is a weekend or/ and a holiday. Could someone help?

Answer 1

You put the date in $date, then we set $weekend to false until we check it, then we check the date and if it is a weekend set $weekend to true. then if the date is a weekend I print it is a weekend and if it is not i print it is not a weekend, but you can do anything you like with it...
date = '2018-03-16';
$weekend = false;
$day = date("D", strtotime($date));
if($day == 'Sat' || $day == 'Sun'){
$weekend = true;
}
if($weekend){
echo $date . ' It is a weekend';
} else{
echo $date . ' It is not a weekend';
}
and as function(didnt test this one yet):
function isitweekend($date){
$date = '2018-03-16';
$weekend = false;
$day = date("D", strtotime($date));
if($day == 'Sat' || $day == 'Sun'){
$weekend = true;
}
}

Answer 2

For start, lets make a function that will return random date:
function randomDate($start_date, $end_date)
{
$min = new DateTime($start_date . ' 00:00:00 UTC');
$max = new DateTime($end_date . ' 23:59:59 UTC');
return new DateTime('#' . rand($min->getTimestamp(), $max->getTimestamp()));
}
Then just created while loop which checks for weekends and holidays:
// Fill this array with your holidays
$holidays = ['*-12-25', '*-01-01', '*-01-07', '*-05-01'];
while (true) {
// Get random date
$randomDate = randomDate('2010-01-01', '2018-01-01');
// Get random date again, since this one is on weekend.
if ($randomDate->format('N') >= 6) continue;
// Get random date again, since this one is on holiday.
if (in_array($randomDate->format('*-m-d'), $holidays)) continue;
// Exit the loop, since random date is ok!
break;
}
// Random date
echo $randomDate->format('Y-m-d');
And then just transform day and month names to your language.
demo

Answer 3

If you mean to check for International Holidays here is a function I wrote for it.
function checkHoliday($date){
if(date('l', strtotime($date)) == 'Saturday'){
return "Saturday";
}else if(date('l', strtotime($date)) == 'Sunday'){
return "Sunday";
}else{
$receivedDate = date('d M', strtotime($date));
$holiday = array(
'01 Jan' => 'New Year Day',
'18 Jan' => 'Martin Luther King Day',
'22 Feb' => 'Washington\'s Birthday',
'05 Jul' => 'Independence Day',
'11 Nov' => 'Veterans Day',
'24 Dec' => 'Christmas Eve',
'25 Dec' => 'Christmas Day',
'31 Dec' => 'New Year Eve'
);
foreach($holiday as $key => $value){
if($receivedDate == $key){
return $value;
}
}
}
}
And call it this way
$date = '01/01/2021';
echo checkHoliday($date);
Yes, you will have to manually add the holidays to the array above.