If time is between two hours PHP

Question

I looked through all the relevant posts but I can't find where I am going wrong. My goal is to have a picture display if the time is between 6am to 7pm and then have a different one if the time falls between 7pm and 6am. This is what I have and I am just getting confused now.

date_default_timezone_set('Canada/Newfoundland'); // NDT
$current_date = date('G:i:s');

if ($current_date >= 19 && $current_date <= 6) {
     echo "<img src=' $night ' />";
} else {
     echo "<img src=' $day ' />";
}

Whenever I run what I have it is ALWAYS the else that shows up so I believe that the issue is with how I am setting up the time? Thanks in advance for any help given.

Answer 1

Look at your date creation

$current_date = date('G:i:s');

you're getting a date of the format 19:13:03 so comparing it against the number 19 probably won't work very well.

• G - 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros
• i - Minutes with leading zeros
• s - Seconds, with leading zeros

If you just want the hour, get that

$hr = intval(date('G'));

echo "<img src='" . ( $hr >= 19 && $hr <= 6 ? $night : $day ) . "' />";

Answer 2

Use Timeofday Time of Day PHP, you are formatting the current time into 24 hour format with minutes and seconds. Since $current_date will always be in xx:xx:xx format, it will never be equal to 6 and 19

Answer 3

$hour = (int) date('G');

if ($hour >= 6 && $hour <=19) {
    // between 6am and 7pm
} else {
    //between 7pm and 6am
}