get startdate and enddate for current quarter php

Question

I am trying to set a start date and end date by the quarter.

For example, I am working on a reporting system where i need to report data for quarter 1, quarter 2, qu

Answer 1

A versatile version would be:

    $date = new DateTime(/* you may insert a date here, else its now */);
    //$date->modify('-3 months'); // you may want last quarter or any other modifcation
    $quarter = ceil($date->format('n')/3);

    $start = new DateTime();
    $start->setDate($date->format('Y'), (($quarter*3)-2), 1)->setTime(0, 0, 0, 0);

    $end = new DateTime();
    $end->setDate($date->format('Y'), ($quarter*3), 1);
    $end->setDate($date->format('Y'), ($quarter*3), $end->format('t'))->setTime(0, 0, 0, 0);

    echo $start->format('Y-m-d');
    echo $end->format('Y-m-d');

this is simple yet effective. It let's you choose the input date and make relative adaptions with modify.