<?php
$dates=[
'2017-02-28', // group1
'2017-03-01', // group1
'2017-04-03', // group2
'2017-04-04', // group2
'2017-04-06', // group3
'2017-04-08', // group4
'2017-04-09', // group4
'2017-04-10' // group4
];
$copy=$dates; // make a copy in case $dates is to be used again later
while($copy){ // iterate until the array is empty
while(!isset($range) || current($copy)==date("Y-m-d",strtotime(substr($range,-10)." +1 day"))){ // iterate while date is new or consecutive
$range=(!isset($range)?'':substr($range,0,10).' to ').array_shift($copy); // temporarily store / overwrite the range data
}
$result[]=(strlen($range)==10?"$range to $range":$range); // permanently store range data
unset($range); // destroy range string, for next iteration
}
var_export($result);
array (
0 => '2017-02-28 to 2017-03-01',
1 => '2017-04-03 to 2017-04-04',
2 => '2017-04-06 to 2017-04-06',
3 => '2017-04-08 to 2017-04-10',
)
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
array (
0 => '2017-02-28 to 2017-03-01',
1 => '2017-04-03 to 2017-04-04',
2 => '2017-04-06 to 2017-04-06',
3 => '2017-04-08 to 2017-04-10',
)