Simple Little Date Range Plugin

pi.rangee.php

<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * ExpressionEngine - by EllisLab
 *
 * @package		ExpressionEngine
 * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2003 - 2011, EllisLab, Inc.
 * @license		http://expressionengine.com/user_guide/license.html
 * @link		http://expressionengine.com
 * @since		Version 2.0
 * @filesource
 */
 
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Rangee Plugin
 *
 * @package		ExpressionEngine
 * @subpackage	Addons
 * @category	Plugin
 * @author		Thomas Brewer
 * @link		
 */

$plugin_info = array(
	'pi_name'		=> 'Rangee',
	'pi_version'	=> '1.0',
	'pi_author'		=> 'Thomas Brewer',
	'pi_author_url'	=> 'http://21purple.com',
	'pi_description'=> 'Ranges',
	'pi_usage'		=> Rangee::usage()
);


class Rangee {

	public $return_data;

	public function __construct()
	{
		$this->EE =& get_instance();
	}

	/**
	 *	Template Usage:
	 *
	 *	{exp:rangee:date_range start_date="{entry_date}" end_date="{expiration_date}"}
	 *
	 *	Params:
	 *	start_date="{entry_date}"
	 *  end_date="{expiration_date}"
	 *	month_format="%b" (default: %b)
	 *	day_format="%e" (default: %e)
	 *	year_format="%Y" (default: %Y)
	 *		
	 **/
	public function date_range()
	{
		$start_date = (int) $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('start_date', 0);

		$end_date = (int) $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('end_date', 0);

		$month_format = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('month_format', '%b');

		$day_format = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('day_format', '%e');

		$year_format = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('year_format', '%Y');

		if ($end_date)
		{
			$date_range = strftime("{$month_format} {$day_format}", $start_date);

			if (strftime("{$year_format}", $start_date) != strftime("{$year_format}", $end_date))
			{
				$date_range .= strftime(", {$year_format}", $start_date);
			}

			if (strftime("{$day_format}", $start_date) != strftime("{$day_format}", $end_date))
			{
				$date_range .= " - ";

				if (strftime("{$month_format}", $start_date) != strftime("{$month_format}", $end_date))
				{
					 $date_range .= strftime("{$month_format}", $end_date) . " ";
				}

				$date_range .= strftime("{$day_format}", $end_date);

				if (strftime("{$year_format}", $start_date) != strftime("{$year_format}", $end_date))
				{
					$date_range .= strftime(", {$year_format}", $end_date);
				}
				else 
				{
					$date_range .= strftime(", {$year_format}", $start_date);
				}
			}	
			else
			{
				$date_range .= strftime(", {$year_format}", $start_date);
			}		
		}
		else
		{
			$date_range = $date_range = strftime("{$month_format} {$day_format}, {$year_format}", $start_date);
		}

		return trim($date_range);
	}
	
	// ----------------------------------------------------------------
	
	/**
	 * Plugin Usage
	 */
	public static function usage()
	{
		ob_start();
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		$buffer = ob_get_contents();
		ob_end_clean();
		return $buffer;
	}
}


/* End of file pi.rangee.php */
/* Location: /system/expressionengine/third_party/rangee/pi.rangee.php */