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@ 2013-11-13T10:28:46Z

<?php
function closestDate($day_name){

    $day = ucfirst($day_name);
    if(date('l', time()) == $day_name)
        return date("Y-m-d", time());
    else if(abs(time()-strtotime('next '.$day_name)) < abs(time()-strtotime('last '.$day_name)))
        return date("Y-m-d", strtotime('next '.$day_name));
    else
        return date("Y-m-d", strtotime('last '.$day_name));

}
echo closestDate('Friday');

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abs: documentation ( source)
time: documentation ( source)
date: documentation ( source)
strtotime: documentation ( source)
ucfirst: documentation ( source)

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