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

I needed some function to give me dates for each quarter so I could fetch some sales info. Here is the code if anyone needs it:

   private function getQuarterRange($quarter, $year=null) {
        if ($quarter > 4 || $quarter < 1)
            return null;

        if ($year == null)
            $year = date('Y');


        $startDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($year . '-' . (($quarter * 3) - 2). '-1'));
        $endDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime(date('Y-m-d', strtotime($startDate)) . '+3 month - 1 day'));
        return ['startDate' => $startDate, 'endDate' => $endDate];
    }

Simply call: var_dump($this->getQuarterRange(4, 2018)); Output:

array(2) {
  ["startDate"]=>
  string(10) "2018-10-01"
  ["endDate"]=>
  string(10) "2018-12-31"
}