Compare todays dayname and time through array? - php

Question

I have an array like this:
Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[Start] => 08:00
[dayName] => Tuesday
[dayID] => 2
[courseName] => Math
)
[1] => stdClass Object
(
[Start] => 10:00
[dayName] => Tuesday
[dayID] => 2
[courseName] => Geography
)
[2] => stdClass Object
(
[Start] => 14:00
[dayName] => Tuesday
[dayID] => 2
[courseName] => Science
)
[3] => stdClass Object
(
[Start] => 10:00
[dayName] => Thursday
[dayID] => 4
[courseName] => Math
)
[4] => stdClass Object
(
[Start] => 18:00
[dayName] => Friday
[dayID] => 5
[courseName] => History
)
)
What I want to do is , I want to compare the daya nd time now to the values in the array. For example lets assume that it is 7:00 am and it is Tuesday. Then I want to get the Object[0]. But if it is 11:00 o'clock then i need to get the Object[2] which starts at 14:00 on Tuesday.
It it is Tuesday and 16:00 o'clock then i need Object[3] .
If it is a weekend then i need the beginning of the week which is Tuesday at 08:00 with the Math Course.
I tried to get that using key => value but I mixed up.
How can I compare the Day and then time and in case there is a Course on that combination just pick it up if not just continue checking.
regards
littleblue

Answer 1

function getObject($array){
$timeNow = date('U'); // time now
$oneHour = $timeNow+3600; // time now + 1 hour
foreach($array as $num => $one){ // loop in each $array
$date = strtotime($one->Start); // convert start time to timestamp
if($date >= $timeNow && $date < $oneHour && date('l', $date) == $one->dayName){ // if all criteria met
return $array[$num]; // return that object
}
}
return array('no data'); // if no criteria is met return no data.
}
$course = getObject($yourArray);
echo $course->courseName;

Answer 2

You can mix the use of DateTime and a simple min search :
$myCourse = null;//initialisation
$myCourseDate =null;
$now = new DateTime;
foreach($array as $course){
//get the date from the datas
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('l h:i',$course->dayName.' '.course->start);
if($now < $date && ($myCourseDate === null || $myCourseDate > $date)){
$myCourse = $course;
$myCourseDate = $date;
}
}
//at the end of the loop, you've got the expected course