PHP Get Age Function
Such things like copyright dates, ages, etc. can cause problems on websites unless they are dynamic. For example, I have my age in the little about me blurb in the sidebar. I made a little function to calculate my age so that I don’t have to go in every year on my birthday and add another year to my age.
The Function
function age($bMonth,$bDay,$bYear) {
$cMonth = date('n');
$cDay = date('j');
$cYear = date('Y');
if(($cMonth >= $bMonth && $cDay >= $bDay) || ($cMonth > $bMonth)) {
return ($cYear - $bYear);
} else {
return ($cYear - $bYear - 1);
}
}This function takes 3 arguments: the birth month, the birth day, and the birth year. It will return the calculated age. It obviously won’t work with an age in the future; it will return a negative number. I could add in checking to see if it’s a valid date, but I don’t think it’s really necessary.
Nothing too complicated. Let me know if anyone has any suggestions to shorten the code.
Hello :
Here is 2 suggestions :
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See you.
Kaimite
Great post :) i’m using it :)
Sorry for the much delayed comment, but how about this much simpler solution:
echo intval((time() – strtotime(‘14-01-1978′)) / 31557600);
It will tick over at some point during the day of your birthday, as it uses an approximation of a year (365.25 days to represent a partial leap-year).