PHP If condition between two times - php

Question

I have a case where a box of text should not be shown between two times for example 20 and 01 (24-hour clock), but it should also work, when i choose not to show the box betweem 20 and 22 for example.
But if I have:
$start = "20";
$end = "01";
$now = date('H');
if($now > $start AND $now < $end) {
echo "DONT SHOW THE BOX";
} else {
echo "SHOW THE BOX";
}
How can I convert the numbers, can I use mktime() even if I don't have a date? Because the box should be activated every day in that time range.

Answer 1

You don't want to show the box between 20:00 to 01:00
Currently your logic is kinda messed up in if($now > $start AND $now < $end).
If you expect $start = 20 and $end = 1, Then what kind of value is $now that might be MORE than 20 AND LESS than 1.
Your if statement logic will always go to ELSE whatever the value of $now is.
But there's another workaround to switch the logic like this.
You want to show the box between 02:00 to 19:00
Instead of the other way around.
So you can do this,
$start = "20";
$end = "01";
$now = date('H');
if ($now > $end && $now < $start)
{
echo "SHOW THE BOX";
}
else
{
echo "DON'T SHOW";
}
Update 1:
Now, you don't want to show the box between 20:00 to 22:00
You can do the vice versa or which is your current logic. Like,
$start = "20";
$end = "22";
$now = date('H');
if ($now >= $start && $now <= $end)
{
echo "DON'T SHOW";
}
else
{
echo "SHOW THE BOX";
}
Update 2:
If the $start or $end varies, you can always wrap them in another if condition. Like,
if ($start > $end)
{
if ($now > $end && $now < $start)
{
echo "SHOW THE BOX";
}
else
{
echo "DON'T SHOW";
}
}
else if ($start < $end)
{
if ($now >= $start && $now <= $end)
{
echo "DON'T SHOW";
}
else
{
echo "SHOW THE BOX";
}
}

Answer 2

The code isn't very pretty, but I think this is what you are after?
define('START_TIME', 6);
define('END_TIME', 1);
$startTime = new DateTime();
$startTime->setTime(START_TIME, 0);
$endTime = clone $startTime;
if (START_TIME > END_TIME) {
$endTime->modify('+1 day');
}
$endTime->setTime(END_TIME, 0);
$currentTime = new DateTime();
if ($currentTime > $startTime && $currentTime < $endTime) {
echo 'Show box';
} else {
echo 'Don\'t show box';
}
You can alter the hours to decide the start/end hour for when to show/hide. If the ending hour is a lower hour than the starting hour then it will presume the ending hour should be the next day.
It could potentially be cleaned up a bit, but I'll leave that in your hands if it is what you're after.

Answer 3

date_default_timezone_set("Europe/Stockholm");
$setdate = ['14-05-2022','15-05-2022','16-05-2022'];
print_r($setdate)."<br>";
foreach ($setdate as $value) {
$date= date("d-m-Y");
if($date == $value){
// echo "set Data For Product";
// die();
}
}