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

This could be a whole lot simpler I think.

function get_this_quarter() {
    $current_month = date('m');
    $current_quarter_start = ceil($current_month/4)*3+1; // get the starting month of the current quarter
    $start_date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, $current_quarter_start, 1, date('Y') ));
    $end_date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, $current_quarter_start+3, 1, date('Y') ));
    // by adding or subtracting from $current_quarter_start within the mktime function you can get any quarter of any year you want.
    return array($start_date, $end_date);
}

This works just as good without all the if statements and is much more flexible. As mentioned in the comments within the code, you can easily modify the $current_quarter_variable to suit your needs.

Hope this helps!