Question

i have a list with some days listed in a table, so , my database result come like this:

$day   = $res->fields['DAY'];

$month = $res->fields['MONTH'];

$year  = $res->fields['YEAR'];

and i put they all together to form a valid date

// put together the date
$date    = $res->fields['DAY']."/".$res->fields['MONTH']."/".$res->fields['YEAR'];     

// get the present day
$today   = date('d/m/Y');  // 28/10/2011

and i check:

if($date == $today){
   $backGroundTr = "red";
}

setting a <tr> background red.

the html is something like this:

<tr bgcolor="green">
   <td>31/10/2011</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="green">
   <td>30/10/2011</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="green">
   <td>29/10/2011</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="red"> // this reciave the red bgcolor because is today
   <td>28/10/2011</td>
</tr>

now, what i’m trying to do is:

how can i set other color to the next 3 days ? as u can see in the example, i put the green color.

dont know if i was clear, any question, please, be my guest

Answer 1

This should do the trick

if($date == date('d/m/Y',strtotime('+1 day')) ||
    $date == date('d/m/Y',strtotime('+2 day')) ||
    $date == date('d/m/Y',strtotime('+3 day'))){
   $backGroundTr = "green";
}

or you can do something like that: (i assume you loop through your days) (this solution will not work as days are printed in the opposite order)

$green=0;
while ( ... ){
  ...
  if($date == $today){
    $backGroundTr = "red";
    $green=3;
  }
  if ($green>0)
  {
    $backGroundTr = "green";
    $green--;
  }
  ...
}

or you can do something like that:

if(strtotime($date) > strtotime($today) && 
  strtotime($date) <= strtotime('+3 days',$today)
{
  $backGroundTr = "green";
}