next_time.php

next_time.php

<?php

/**
 * Get the UNIX timestamp of the next instance of a time.
 *
 * @param int $hours The hours.
 * @param int $minutes Optionally, the minutes.  Default 0.
 * @return int
 */
function next_time($hours, $minutes = 0)
{
  $c = time();
  $c_hour = $c_minute = 0;

  while($c_hour != $hours || 
    $c_minute != $minutes)
  {
    $c += 60;
    $c_hour = date('G', $c);
    $c_minute = date('i', $c);
  }

  return $c;
}