convert numerical day of week

How can I convert the numerical day of week to the string version?

Example, if the day of the week is 1 I would like to print out 'Sunday'.



Thanks,

Dave




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Do you mean by using the date() function?


On 5/22/07, Bosky, Dave <Dave.Bosky@htcinc.net> wrote:
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> How can I convert the numerical day of week to the string version?
>
> Example, if the day of the week is 1 I would like to print out 'Sunday'.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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Hi Dave,

Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 5:46:38 PM, you wrote:

> How can I convert the numerical day of week to the string version?
> Example, if the day of the week is 1 I would like to print out 'Sunday'.

$days = array(1 => 'Sunday', 2 => 'Monday', 3 => 'Tuesday', etc ...);

then just

$today = $days[1]; // Sunday
$today = $days[3]; // Tuesday

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On 5/22/07, Bosky, Dave <Dave.Bosky@htcinc.net> wrote:
> How can I convert the numerical day of week to the string version?
>
> Example, if the day of the week is 1 I would like to print out 'Sunday'.

$days = array( 'Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday',
'Friday', 'Saturday' );

$day = 1;

echo $days[ $day - 1 ];


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In that case, one simple way (though not the most economical way, and
really hacky, reinventing the wheel in the process) would be to create a
function like so:

<?
function num2day($num) {
if($num == "1") {
$day = "Sunday";
} elseif($num == "2") {
$day = "Monday";
} elseif($num == "3") {
$day = "Tuesday";
} elseif($num == "4") {
$day = "Wednesday";
} elseif($num == "5") {
$day = "Thursday";
} elseif($num == "6") {
$day = "Friday";
} elseif($num == "7") {
$day = "Saturday";
}
return $day;
}
?>

On 5/22/07, Bosky, Dave <Dave.Bosky@htcinc.net> wrote:
>
> I'm not really sure. I've got a numerical interpretation of the day of
> the week in a table and I need to print out what day of the week it
> translates to.
>
> I tried using date_format in the MySQL query but it didn't seem to work.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Daniel Brown [mailtoarasane@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:50 PM
> *To:* Bosky, Dave
> *Cc:* php-general@lists.php.net
> *Subject:* Re: [php] convert numerical day of week
>
>
>
>
> Do you mean by using the date() function?
>
> On 5/22/07, *Bosky, Dave* <Dave.Bosky@htcinc.net> wrote:
>
> How can I convert the numerical day of week to the string version?
>
> Example, if the day of the week is 1 I would like to print out 'Sunday'.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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On 5/22/07, Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> wrote:
> <?
> function num2day($num) {
> if($num == "1") {
> $day = "Sunday";
> } elseif($num == "2") {
> $day = "Monday";
> } elseif($num == "3") {
> $day = "Tuesday";
> } elseif($num == "4") {
> $day = "Wednesday";
> } elseif($num == "5") {
> $day = "Thursday";
> } elseif($num == "6") {
> $day = "Friday";
> } elseif($num == "7") {
> $day = "Saturday";
> }
> return $day;
> }
> ?>

PHP does automatic type conversions, even if $num is passed in as a
string all those quotes around the integers are not necessary. There
is no variable interpolation required in the day names so all those
double quotes should be single quotes. A function call seems rather
heavy when a global array can be indexed more easily. Even a switch
statement would be an improvement.


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On 5/22/07, Greg Donald <gdonald@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/22/07, Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> wrote:
> > <?
> > function num2day($num) {
> > if($num == "1") {
> > $day = "Sunday";
> > } elseif($num == "2") {
> > $day = "Monday";
> > } elseif($num == "3") {
> > $day = "Tuesday";
> > } elseif($num == "4") {
> > $day = "Wednesday";
> > } elseif($num == "5") {
> > $day = "Thursday";
> > } elseif($num == "6") {
> > $day = "Friday";
> > } elseif($num == "7") {
> > $day = "Saturday";
> > }
> > return $day;
> > }
> > ?>
>
> PHP does automatic type conversions, even if $num is passed in as a
> string all those quotes around the integers are not necessary. There
> is no variable interpolation required in the day names so all those
> double quotes should be single quotes. A function call seems rather
> heavy when a global array can be indexed more easily. Even a switch
> statement would be an improvement.
>
>
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> http://destiney.com/
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You may have noticed my disclaimer at the head of the message. It was
there for just that reason....

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On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 12:46 -0400, Bosky, Dave wrote:
> How can I convert the numerical day of week to the string version?
>
> Example, if the day of the week is 1 I would like to print out 'Sunday'.

I saw a bunch of bad examples given to you that completely ignore any
available locale information... so here's a better version:

<?php

function dayIdToName( $id )
{
static $days = null;
if( $days === null )
{
$control = gmmktime( 12, 1, 1, 5, 20, 2007 );
for( $i = 0; $i < 7; $i++ )
{
$days[$i] = gmdate( 'l', $control + ($i * 24 * 60 * 60) );
}
}

return isset( $days[$id] ) ? $days[$id] : null;
}

?>

If you want Monday to be the first day of the week, just use a date for
gmmktime() that falls on a Monday.

Cheers,
Rob.
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On 5/22/07, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote:
> I saw a bunch of bad examples given to you that completely ignore any
> available locale information... so here's a better version:

I seem to have missed the part of the question where it said
considering locale was important.


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On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 14:32 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 12:58 -0500, Greg Donald wrote:
> > > On 5/22/07, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote:
> > > > I saw a bunch of bad examples given to you that completely ignore any
> > > > available locale information... so here's a better version:
> > >
> > > I seem to have missed the part of the question where it said
> > > considering locale was important.
> >
> > Nothing said it was important, but why implement a half-assed solution
> > when you can implement a superior solution in as much time?
> >
> > I'll accept ignorance and sloppiness as reasons... albeit not good
> > reasons.
>
> My message was in direct response to the user's request.... I think that
> kinda' got lost somewhere in this thread....

I didn't respond to your message. I responded directly to the OP's
original post.

Cheers,
Rob.
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