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Created July 5, 2014 22:42
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function get Custom date String
<?php
function customDateString($return = false){
$date = "";
$dayName = date("l");
$dayNumber = date('d');
$monthName = date('F');
$year = date("Y");
$st = array(1,31);
$nd = array(2,22);
$rd = array(3,23);
if(in_array($dayNumber, $st)) {
$dayNumber .= "st";
} else if(in_array($dayNumber, $nd)) {
$dayNumber .= "nd";
} else if(in_array($dayNumber, $rd)) {
$dayNumber .= "rd";
} else {
$dayNumber .= "th";
}
$date = $dayName.", ".$dayNumber." ".$monthName." ".$year;
if($return) return $date;
else echo $date;
}
echo customDateString(TRUE);
# output : Sunday, 06th July 2014
?>
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