What are some common methods for determining opening hours in PHP for a website?

One common method for determining opening hours in PHP for a website is to create an array that stores the opening hours for each day of the week. This array can then be used to check if the current day and time falls within the opening hours. Another method is to store the opening hours in a database and query this information to determine if the website is currently open or closed. 

// Define opening hours for each day of the week
$openingHours = [
    'Monday' => ['09:00', '17:00'],
    'Tuesday' => ['09:00', '17:00'],
    'Wednesday' => ['09:00', '17:00'],
    'Thursday' => ['09:00', '17:00'],
    'Friday' => ['09:00', '17:00'],
    'Saturday' => ['10:00', '14:00'],
    'Sunday' => ['Closed', 'Closed']
];

// Get the current day and time
$currentDay = date('l');
$currentHour = date('H:i');

// Check if the current time falls within the opening hours
if ($openingHours[$currentDay][0] <= $currentHour && $currentHour <= $openingHours[$currentDay][1]) {
    echo 'We are currently open!';
} else {
    echo 'We are currently closed.';
}

Keywords

DateTime date_default_timezone_set strtotime date timezones

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