Online PHP editor | refs for 7stnH

<?php $dates = array("2012-06-11 08:30:49", "2012-06-07 08:03:54", "2012-05-26 23:04:04", "2012-05-27 08:30:00", "2012-06-08 08:30:55", "2012-06-12 07:45:45"); $children = array("callum" => "1028", "daniel" => "1029"); $closeDate = array(); $firstDate = strtotime("2012-05-29 07:45:45"); function returnClosestDate($firstTime, $dates, $child){ global $initialLoop; global $closeDate; foreach ($dates as $key => $date) { $dateToCompare = strtotime($date); $diff = $firstTime - $dateToCompare; if ($diff < 0) $diff *= -1; if (count($closeDate) == 0) { $closeDate[$key] = array("child" => $child, "date" => $date, "diff" => $diff); continue; } for ($x = 0; $x <= count($closeDate); $x++) { if ($diff < $closeDate[$x]["diff"]) { $closeDate[$x] = array("child" => $child, "date" => $date, "diff" => $diff); echo "<pre>"; print_r($closeDate); echo "</pre>"; } } exit; //if(!alreadyExistInArray($closeDate, $date, $child)){ //if ($diff < $closeDate[$key-1]["diff"]) { //$closeDate[$key] = array("child" => $child, "date" => $date, "diff" => $diff); // } //} } } function alreadyExistInArray($closeDate, $date, $child){ foreach($closeDate as $key => $close){ if($close["child"] === $child) return true; } } foreach($children as $key => $child){ returnClosestDate($firstDate, $dates, $child); }