1--TEST-- 2strtotime() function - a test to show the difference in behaviour between 'first' and '1', "second" and "2"... 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); 6/* 7 * The first of December 2008 is a Monday. 8 * The term "Monday December 2008" will be parsed as the first Monday in December 2008. 9 */ 10 11/* 12 * This is parsed as the "first following Monday OR the current day if it is a Monday" 13 */ 14var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('1 Monday December 2008'))); 15/* 16 * This is parsed as the "second following Monday OR the first following 17 * Monday if the current day is a Monday" 18 */ 19var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('2 Monday December 2008'))); 20/* 21 * This is parsed as the "third following Monday OR the second following 22 * Monday if the current day is a Monday" 23 */ 24var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('3 Monday December 2008'))); 25/* 26 * This is parsed as the "first following Monday after the first Monday in December" 27 */ 28var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('first Monday December 2008'))); 29/* 30 * This is parsed as the "second following Monday after the first Monday in December" 31 */ 32var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('second Monday December 2008'))); 33/* 34 * This is parsed as the "third following Monday after the first Monday in December" 35 */ 36var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('third Monday December 2008'))); 37?> 38--EXPECT-- 39string(10) "2008-12-01" 40string(10) "2008-12-08" 41string(10) "2008-12-15" 42string(10) "2008-12-08" 43string(10) "2008-12-15" 44string(10) "2008-12-22" 45
