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mcal_day_of_week

Name

mcal_day_of_week — Returns the day of the week of the given date

Synopsis

int mcal_day_of_week(year, month, day); int year: The year of the date int month: The month of the date int day: The day of the date

Returns

An integer from 0 to 6, 0 being Sunday and 6 being Saturday, or -1 on an error

Description

Takes a date, and if it is valid, return the day of the week that it falls on. It will return -1 if the date is invalid.

Version

PHP 3 since 3.0.13, PHP 4 since 4.0b4

Example

Example 700. Determine the day of the week that a date falls on

$year = 2002;
$month = MCAL_MAY;
$day = 1;

$dayofweek = mcal_day_of_week($year, $month, $day);
echo "The date is on: ";
switch ($dayofweek) {
case 0:
    echo "Sunday"; break;
case 1:
    echo "Monday"; break;
case 2:
    echo "Tuesday"; break;
case 3:
    echo "Wednesday"; break;
case 4:
    echo "Thursday"; break;
case 5:
    echo "Friday"; break;
case 6:
    echo "Saturday"; break;
}

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