Calculate business days

Question

I need a method for adding \"business days\" in PHP. For example, Friday 12/5 + 3 business days = Wednesday 12/10.

At a minimum I need the code to understand weekend

Answer 1

There are some args for the date() function that should help. If you check date("w") it will give you a number for the day of the week, from 0 for Sunday through 6 for Saturday. So.. maybe something like..

$busDays = 3;
$day = date("w");
if( $day > 2 && $day <= 5 ) { /* if between Wed and Fri */
  $day += 2; /* add 2 more days for weekend */
}
$day += $busDays;

This is just a rough example of one possibility..