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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Variable within variable expansion Post 303044731 by hburnswell on Monday 2nd of March 2020 05:30:43 PM
Old 03-02-2020
@RudiC, much appreciated.

Your comment on this not being the best approach is not surprising ;-)... I continue to try and improve my efforts but due to my skill level, usually start with functionality. I will investigate your suggestion of associative arrays.

Any high level example of how to better do what I'm trying with associative arrays?

Thanks again..

HB
 

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LEARN ABOUT PHP

getdate

GETDATE(3)								 1								GETDATE(3)

getdate - Get date/time information

SYNOPSIS

       array getdate ([int  $timestamp = time()])

DESCRIPTION

	Returns an associative array containing the date information of the $timestamp, or the current local time if no $timestamp is given.

PARAMETERS

	      o $timestamp
		-  The	optional  $timestamp parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a $timestamp is not
		given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time(3).

RETURN VALUES

	Returns an associative array of information related to the $timestamp. Elements from the returned associative array are as follows:

       Key elements of the returned associative array

       +----------+--------------------------------------+---+
       |   Key	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |		Description		 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |	  Example returned values	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       +----------+--------------------------------------+---+
       |	  |					 |   |
       |"seconds" |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |  Numeric representation of seconds	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |		  0 to 59		 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |"minutes" |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |  Numeric representation of minutes	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |		  0 to 59		 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       | "hours"  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |   Numeric representation of hours	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |		  0 to 23		 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       | "mday"   |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  | Numeric representation of the day of |   |
       |	  | the month				 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |		  1 to 31		 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       | "wday"   |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  | Numeric representation of the day of |   |
       |	  | the week				 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  | 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Satur- |   |
       |	  | day)				 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |  "mon"   |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |  Numeric representation of a month	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |		1 through 12		 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       | "year"   |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  | A  full  numeric representation of a |   |
       |	  | year, 4 digits			 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |	   Examples: 1999 or 2003	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       | "yday"   |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  | Numeric representation of the day of |   |
       |	  | the year				 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |	       0 through 365		 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |"weekday" |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  | A full textual representation of the |   |
       |	  | day of the week			 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |	  Sunday through Saturday	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       | "month"  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  | A full textual representation  of  a |   |
       |	  | month, such as January or March	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |	  January through December	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |    0	  |					 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |  Seconds since the Unix Epoch, simi- |   |
       |	  | lar  to  the  values   returned   by |   |
       |	  | time(3) and used by date(3).	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       |	  |  System	Dependent,     typically |   |
       |	  | -2147483648 through 2147483647.	 |   |
       |	  |					 |   |
       +----------+--------------------------------------+---+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      getdate(3) example

	      <?php
	      $today = getdate();
	      print_r($today);
	      ?>

	      The above example will output something similar to:

	      Array
	      (
		  [seconds] => 40
		  [minutes] => 58
		  [hours]   => 21
		  [mday]    => 17
		  [wday]    => 2
		  [mon]     => 6
		  [year]    => 2003
		  [yday]    => 167
		  [weekday] => Tuesday
		  [month]   => June
		  [0]	    => 1055901520
	      )

SEE ALSO

       date(3), idate(3), localtime(3), time(3), setlocale(3).

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