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Asked: 2026-06-11T22:53:48+00:00

Trying to write part of a page that would display a streaming player when

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Trying to write part of a page that would display a streaming player when we are on the air 5a-10a M-F and display something else when we aren’t on the air.

Here’s what I have right now, but it’s not working. I’m pretty new at PHP. Thanks!

<html>
<head>
<title>streaming</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php

//Get the current hour
$current_time = date(G);
//Get the current day
$current_day = date(l);

//Off air
if ($current_day == "Saturday" or $current_day == "Sunday" or ($current_time <= 5 && $current_time >= 10)) {
echo "We’re live Monday – Friday mornings. Check back then.";
}

// Display player
else {
echo "<a href="linktoplayer.html"><img src=http://www.psdgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/play.jpg></a>";
}


?>
</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Two things:

    1. As has been pointed out, your time logic is off. It should be $current_time < 5 or $current_time >= 10)

    2. When you give something to the date function, it has to be a string. date(l) will throw an error because it’s supposed to be date('l').

    EDIT:

    If you really want to benchmark your code, you should use idate instead since it returns an integer. Your comparisons would then be as follows:

    $current_time = idate('H');
$current_day = idate('w');

if ($current_day === 0 || $current_day === 6 || 
    $current_time < 5 || $current_time >= 10) {
    echo "We’re live Monday – Friday mornings. Check back then.";
}
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