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PHP: Check if any date falls on weekend


$PDATEX = '2020-06-21';
if( (date('N', strtotime($PDATEX)) >= 6))
	{echo 'Wowwwwwwwwwwwww';} 
    else{echo 'Ooooops';}


Definition and Usage

Above code takes date as parameter and checks the day no (The ISO-8601 numeric representation of a day (1 for Monday, 7 for Sunday))

w can also be used instead of N if unix day no is required. (w - A numeric representation of the day (0 for Sunday, 6 for Saturday).

You can echo any text of any function to further utilize code in your application.

Below function can be used for reference

$PDATEX = '2019-02-17';
function WeekendChk($PDATEX) {
    return (date('N', strtotime($PDATEX)) >= 6);
}
if (WeekendChk($PDATEX)){echo 'Wowwwwwwwwwwwww';};

Related Study

Loop, While loop, if elseif else, strtotime function, date function, date reference