Calculating the number of Saturdays and Sundays

Question

How can I calculate the number of Saturdays and Sundays between two dates in php?

Is there any inbuilt function for that purpose?

Answer 1

Let us all KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). Why make it so complicated?

function countWeekendDays($start, $end)
{
    // $start in timestamp
        // $end in timestamp


    $iter = 24*60*60; // whole day in seconds
    $count = 0; // keep a count of Sats & Suns

    for($i = $start; $i <= $end; $i=$i+$iter)
    {
        if(Date('D',$i) == 'Sat' || Date('D',$i) == 'Sun')
        {
            $count++;
        }
    }
    return $count;
   }