<?php
$dates=[
'2017-02-28', // group1
'2017-03-01', // group1
'2017-04-03', // group2
'2017-04-04', // group2
'2017-04-06', // group3
'2017-04-08', // group4
'2017-04-09', // group4
'2017-04-10' // group4
];
foreach($dates as $date){
if(!isset($grouped)){ // first group
$i=0; // first group, index is zero
}elseif($date!=date("Y-m-d",strtotime("$date_checker +1 day"))){ // if non-consecutive
++$i; // next group, index is incremented
}
$grouped[$i][]=$date_checker=$date; // store date as temporary date checker and into appropriate group
}
foreach($grouped as $group){
$result[]=current($group)." to ".end($group);
}
/*
foreach($grouped as $group){
$result[current($group)." to ".end($group)]=$group;
}
*/
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',
)