Current time plus one for date validation? - php

Question

I'm having issues with a booking system that i'm trying to customize. It seems that the validation doesn't work on the current date and time if i select the current day.
The validation is a as following.
if (strtotime($str) < time()) {
But that doesn't allow me to book on the current date, even if the time is over current time, not sure if i should add + one to the validation or what. Any ideas would be very helpful.
Here is the full function.
public function _validate_date($str) {
if (strtotime($str) < time()) {
$this->form_validation->set_message('_validate_date', 'Date must be after today, you can only make future reservations!');
return FALSE;
} else {
return TRUE;
}
}

Answer 1

Try the following solution:
$datetime1 = new DateTime($str);
$datetime1->setTime(0, 0, 0);
$datetime2 = new DateTime();
$datetime2->setTime(0, 0, 0);
//get the diff.
$diff = $datetime2->diff($datetime1);
$days = (int) $diff->format("%R%a");
if ($days < 0) {
echo 'past days';
} elseif ($days == 0) {
echo 'today';
} else {
echo 'future days';
}
A working example you can find here: https://3v4l.org/QQ4Pu
Your function with the new solution:
public function _validate_date($str) {
$datetime1 = new DateTime($str);
$datetime1->setTime(0, 0, 0);
$datetime2 = new DateTime();
$datetime2->setTime(0, 0, 0);
//get the diff.
$diff = $datetime2->diff($datetime1);
$days = (int) $diff->format("%R%a");
if ($days <= 0) {
$this->form_validation->set_message('_validate_date', 'Date must be after today, you can only make future reservations!');
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
And a working example of your function: https://3v4l.org/HPTVF

Answer 2

If you want check, that current time is not higher current date, try this:
if (strtotime($str) < strtotime(date('Y-m-d 23:59:59')) {