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<?php
function period_to_timestamps($period) {
switch($period) {
case "last_7_days":
$start = strtotime('-7 days');
$end = strtotime('now');
break;
case "this_month":
$start = strtotime('first day of this month');
$end = strtotime('now');
break;
case "last_month":
$start = strtotime('first day of last month');
$end = strtotime('last day of last month');
break;
case "this_year":
$start = strtotime('01-01-' . date('Y', strtotime('now')));
$end = strtotime('now');
break;
case "last_year":
$start = strtotime('01-01-' . date('Y', strtotime('now -1 year')));
$end = strtotime('12/31/' . date('Y', strtotime('now -1 year')));
break;
default:
$start = strtotime('now');
$end = strtotime('now');
}
return array(date('m-d-Y', $start), date('m-d-Y', $end));
}
var_dump(period_to_timestamps('last_7_days'));
var_dump(period_to_timestamps('this_month'));
var_dump(period_to_timestamps('last_month'));
var_dump(period_to_timestamps('this_year'));
var_dump(period_to_timestamps('last_year'));