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

function get_business_days_forward_from_date($num_days, $start_date='', $rtn_fmt='Y-m-d') {

// $start_date will default to today    

if ($start_date=='') { $start_date = date("Y-m-d"); }

$business_day_ct = 0;

$max_days = 10000 + $num_days;  // to avoid any possibility of an infinite loop


// define holidays, this currently only goes to 2012 because, well, you know... ;-)
// if the world is still here after that, you can find more at
// http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2013.asp
// always add holidays in order, because the iteration will stop when the holiday is > date being tested

$fed_holidays=array(
    "2010-01-01",
    "2010-01-18",
    "2010-02-15",
    "2010-05-31",
    "2010-07-05",
    "2010-09-06",
    "2010-10-11",
    "2010-11-11",
    "2010-11-25",
    "2010-12-24",

    "2010-12-31",
    "2011-01-17",
    "2011-02-21",
    "2011-05-30",
    "2011-07-04",
    "2011-09-05",
    "2011-10-10",
    "2011-11-11",
    "2011-11-24",
    "2011-12-26",

    "2012-01-02",
    "2012-01-16",
    "2012-02-20",
    "2012-05-28",
    "2012-07-04",
    "2012-09-03",
    "2012-10-08",
    "2012-11-12",
    "2012-11-22",
    "2012-12-25",
    );

$curr_date_ymd = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($start_date));    

for ($x=1;$x<$max_days;$x++)
{
    if (intval($num_days)==intval($business_day_ct)) { return(date($rtn_fmt, strtotime($curr_date_ymd))); }  // date found - return

    // get next day to check

    $curr_date_ymd = date('Y-m-d', (strtotime($start_date)+($x * 86400)));   // add 1 day to the current date

    $is_business_day = 1;

    // check if this is a weekend   1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)

    if ( intval(date("N",strtotime($curr_date_ymd))) > 5) { $is_business_day = 0; }

    //check for holiday
    foreach($fed_holidays as $holiday)
    {
        if (strtotime($holiday)==strtotime($curr_date_ymd))  // holiday found
        {
            $is_business_day = 0;
            break 1;
        }

        if (strtotime($holiday)>strtotime($curr_date_ymd)) { break 1; }  // past date, stop searching (always add holidays in order)


    }

    $business_day_ct = $business_day_ct + $is_business_day;  // increment if this is a business day

} 

// if we get here, you are hosed
return ("ERROR");

}