PhP question: Last month

[Naughty]

I have to get the last month is simple 1,2,3 format, but I cannot get to it:/

$lastmonth = date("n")-1; 

This would work, however, NOT if you want to get the rusult 12, like this month the last months'number is 12, not 0.

[notjoe]

Originally posted by Naughty
I have to get the last month is simple 1,2,3 format, but I cannot get to it:/

$lastmonth = date("n")-1; 

This would work, however, NOT if you want to get the rusult 12, like this month the last months'number is 12, not 0.

$lastmonth = date("m") -1;
if ($lastmonth == 0) {$lastmonth = 12;}


There is a better way to do it using a mktime formula.

http://www.php.net/date

[Bad B0y]

I have not tested this but I'd expect it to work.

$lastmonth = (int)date("n") - 1;
// and then notjoe's
if ($lastmonth == 0) {$lastmonth = 12;} 

[Naughty]

Originally posted by notjoe


$lastmonth = date("m") -1;
if ($lastmonth == 0) {$lastmonth = 12;}


There is a better way to do it using a mktime formula.

http://www.php.net/date

I've been there for the past hours, but it returns the seconds format, I have tried many things before coming here to ask. The if-then formula crossed my mind too, but I wanted something else first.

Thanks though.

[notjoe]

Originally posted by Naughty


I've been there for the past hours, but it returns the seconds format, I have tried many things before coming here to ask. The if-then formula crossed my mind too, but I wanted something else first.

Thanks though.

You could try #php on EFNet (irc), or wait a few hours till i smoke another joint and have a coffee.. once i wake up i'll be able to process php code better ;)

[Naughty]

Originally posted by Bad B0y
I have not tested this but I'd expect it to work.

$lastmonth = (int)date("n") - 1; 

This obviously did not work, as you gave the same solution as we already had.

No Joe's version works well, but it is not what I had in mind

I'll go with that though.

[Bad B0y]

Forget my previous post. Here you go:

$lastmonth = date ("n",mktime (0,0,0,date("m")-1,date("d"), date("Y")));

and again I did not test this.

[Naughty]

Originally posted by Bad B0y
Forget my previous post. Here you go:

$lastmonth = date ("n",mktime (0,0,0,date("m")-1,date("d"), date("Y")));

and again I did not test this.

I already tested that hours ago, didn't work.

[Naughty]

Originally posted by Naughty


I already tested that hours ago, didn't work.

hmm, I must have screwed it up a little when I tried it, it seems to work now

[fletcher]

In case you're still having issues:

$lastMonth = (((int)date("m") - 1) > 0) ? (int)date("m") - 1 : 12; 

[Naughty]

Originally posted by fletcher
In case you're still having issues:

$lastMonth = (((int)date("m") - 1) > 0) ? (int)date("m") - 1 : 12; 

I have issues alright .. however, not with this problem anymore

[fletcher]

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