Turn this code into a function?

[Mr Chris]

Hello All,

 

I'm trying to put a lot of what I do into function calls now to make my code a bit tidier and consise.  Take this simple if statement:

 

if ($_GET['thedate'] =='') {
$var = date('l, jS F, Y',time());
} else {
$var = date('l, jS F, Y', strtotime($_GET['thedate']));
}

 

How could I put this into a function and in some kind of switch statement?

 

Thanks

[Pikachu2000]

<?php
function REGURGIDATE() {
if ($_GET['thedate'] =='') {
	return date('l, jS F, Y',time());
} else {
	return date('l, jS F, Y', strtotime($_GET['thedate']));
}
}
echo REGURGIDATE();
?>

[Mr Chris]

Thanks, but I was thinking maybe in some kind of switch statement.  Is that possible within a function?

[AbraCadaver]

Thanks, but I was thinking maybe in some kind of switch statement.  Is that possible within a function?

Yes, but why?  It doesn't make any sense to do that.

[ignace]

function getDate($format = 'l, jS F, Y', $offset = null) {
    return date($format, $offset == null ? time() : $offset);
}

echo getDate(), "<br>\r\n", getDate('l, jS F, Y', $_GET['thetime']);

[Pikachu2000]

Ignace's function may be what you meant, using the ternary operator. But I still think REGURGIDATE() is a better name for it

[Colton.Wagner]

Agreed I would combine the two codes so that the function getDate() became REGURGIDATE(). I would use ignace's code it is shorter and more precise. However Pikachu2000's code will work aswell.

Thanks,

Colton Wagner

[ignace]

I think no one would understand what REGURGIDATE() would do... until they pass it through Google:

 

Did you mean: Regurgitation (vomiting)

 

Sorry to spill your little fun there

[Pikachu2000]

And here I was thinking most English-speaking people would get my little play on words. D'oh!

[Colton.Wagner]

I enjoyed it Pickachu2000 In all relevance though you wouldn't want to name it that for obvious reasons.

Thanks,

Colton Wagner

[Pikachu2000]

Well, forgive me for trying to inject some levity into an otherwise dry topic . . .

 

Y'all are meanies; Ima take my football and go home.  :'(

[marcus]

I thought it was funny. And only the person using the code should have to know what it means.

[ignace]

And here I was thinking most English-speaking people would get my little play on words. D'oh!

 

I can write English but my vocabulary isn't so extensive that it contains words like regurgitate

[Pikachu2000]

I never would have thought that. You write English so well I always thought it was your native language.

[ignace]

I never would have thought that. You write English so well I always thought it was your native language.

 

LOL, no my native language is Dutch and you would laugh if you would ever hear me speak English

[mentalist]

@Pikachu2K, You made me laugh

@ignace, yes I thought English was your native language, but now in my mind when I read your posts, your voice sounds like Stevie Hawkins

 

@Mr Chris, Did you even try to use a switch statement in a function before posting?

Of course you can use switch in a function.

 

Q. Are you the same Mr Chris from sheffieldforum.co.uk?

[ignace]

@ignace, yes I thought English was your native language, but now in my mind when I read your posts, your voice sounds like Stevie Hawkins

 

At least my English teacher can be rest assured that she did a good job on the writing part Not sure how Stevie Hawkins sounds but I'm not that old

[mentalist]

Sorry Steven Hawkings...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZkyRl5IreM

[ignace]

Sorry Steven Hawkings...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZkyRl5IreM

 

@ignace, yes I thought English was your native language, but now in my mind when I read your posts, your voice sounds like Stevie Hawkins

 

Isn't it annoying for you to always have to speak through my voice?

[mentalist]

Thing is I hear Dutch a lot of the time because i'm a keen Blender user and the majority of tutorials are by Dutch peeps (since it's primary developer base and institute is there).

 

I always imagine / copy voices of people, it the animator in me.

 

... On another note, Steven Hawkings voice could be updated to be a lot more natural, but he prefers it because it is now a part of him...