Randomised Greeting Function - PHP - php

Question

So, I have created a script in PHP that sets a greeting dependent on date and time. The code checks for any seasonal events, and if there are none, it checks the time and assigns the appropriate greeting. My issue that I am having is:
I have set the value to check if the time is past 18:00, if it is past this time, it should set an evening greeting. My issue is that if I change the php if argument value to a time in the future, it still keeps the greeting as an evening greeting. What could be wrong?
Here is my code:
$morningGreetings = array(
1 => "Good morning",
2 => "Morning",
);
$standardGreetings = array(
1 => "Hello",
2 => "Howdy",
3 => "Hiya",
4 => "Greetings",
5 => "Great to see you",
6 => "Hi there",
7 => "Hi",
8 => "Good day",
);
$eveningGreetings = array(
1 => "Evening",
2 => "Good evening",
);
$seasonalGreetings = array(
1 => "Merry Christmas",
2 => "Happy New Year",
);
$eventGreetings = array(
1 => "Happy Birthday",
);
if (date("d m") != strtotime("25 12")) {
if (date("d m") != strtotime("0 0")) {
if (date("G i") <= strtotime("18 00")) {
if (date("G i") <= strtotime("09 00")) {
$sizeOfArray = sizeof($standardGreetings);
$greetingValue = rand(1, $sizeOfArray);
$greeting = $standardGreetings[$greetingValue];
} else {
$sizeOfArray = sizeof($morningGreetings);
$greetingValue = rand(1, $sizeOfArray);
$greeting = $morningGreetings[$greetingValue];
}
} else {
$sizeOfArray = sizeof($eveningGreetings);
$greetingValue = rand(1, $sizeOfArray);
$greeting = $eveningGreetings[$greetingValue];
}
} else {
$greeting = $seasonalGreetings[2];
}
} else {
$greeting = $seasonalGreetings[1];
}

Answer 1

Maybe something like this:
EDIT
$seasonalGreetingA=array();
$seasonalGreetingA[]=array('dayBegin'=>30,'monthBegin'=>12,'dayEnd'=>31,'monthEnd'=>12,'text'=>'Happy New Year');
$seasonalGreetingA[]=array('dayBegin'=>1,'monthBegin'=>1,'dayEnd'=>2,'monthEnd'=>1,'text'=>'Happy New Year');
$seasonalGreetingA[]=array('dayBegin'=>21,'monthBegin'=>6,'dayEnd'=>23,'monthEnd'=>9,'text'=>'Happy Spring');
$seasonalGreetingA[]=array('dayBegin'=>12,'monthBegin'=>11,'dayEnd'=>23,'monthEnd'=>11,'text'=>'Happy All');
$dateGreetingA=array();
$dateGreetingA[]=array('date'=>'2014-11-09','text'=>'Happy Birthday');
$timeGreetingA=array();
$timeGreetingA[]=array('timeBegin'=>8,'timeEnd'=>12,'text'=>'Morning');
$timeGreetingA[]=array('timeBegin'=>8,'timeEnd'=>12,'text'=>'Good morning');
$timeGreetingA[]=array('timeBegin'=>18,'timeEnd'=>23,'text'=>'Evening');
$timeGreetingA[]=array('timeBegin'=>18,'timeEnd'=>23,'text'=>'Good evening');
$timeGreetingA[]=array('timeBegin'=>23,'timeEnd'=>24,'text'=>'Time out');
$timeGreetingA[]=array('timeBegin'=>13,'timeEnd'=>18,'text'=>'Good afternoon');
$standardGreetingA[]=array();
$standardGreetingA[]=array('text'=>'Hello');
$standardGreetingA[]=array('text'=>'Howdy');
$standardGreetingA[]=array('text'=>'Hi');
$txtGreeting='';
$date=date('Y-m-d');
if($txtGreeting=='')
if(count($dateGreetingA)>0)
foreach($dateGreetingA as $dgA)
{
if($dgA['date']==$date)
{
$txtGreeting=$dgA['text'];
break;
}
}
$d=(int)date('d');
$m=(int)date('m');
if($txtGreeting=='')
if(count($seasonalGreetingA)>0)
foreach($seasonalGreetingA as $sgA)
{
$d1=$sgA['dayBegin'];
$m1=$sgA['monthBegin'];
$d2=$sgA['dayEnd'];
$m2=$sgA['monthEnd'];
//echo $m1.' >= '.$m.' <= '.$m2.'<br />';
if($m>=$m1 and $m<=$m2)
if($d>=$d1 and $d<=$d2)
$txtGreeting=$sgA['text'];
}
$time=(int)date('H');
if($txtGreeting=='')
if(count($timeGreetingA)>0)
foreach($timeGreetingA as $tgA)
{
if($time>=$tgA['timeBegin'] and $time<= $tgA['timeEnd'])
{
$txtGreeting=$tgA['text'];
break;
}
}
if($txtGreeting=='')
if(count($standardGreetingA)>0)
{
$ind=rand(0,count($standardGreetingA)-1);
if(isset($standardGreetingA[$ind])) $txtGreeting=$standardGreetingA[$ind]['text'];
}
echo $txtGreeting;
exit;