Calculate business days

Question

I need a method for adding \"business days\" in PHP. For example, Friday 12/5 + 3 business days = Wednesday 12/10.

At a minimum I need the code to understand weekend

Answer 1

I just get my function working based on Bobbin and mcgrailm code, adding some things that worked perfect to me.

function add_business_days($startdate,$buisnessdays,$holidays,$dateformat){
    $enddate = strtotime($startdate);
    $day = date('N',$enddate);
    while($buisnessdays > 0){ // compatible with 1 businessday if I'll need it
        $enddate = strtotime(date('Y-m-d',$enddate).' +1 day');
        $day = date('N',$enddate);
        if($day < 6 && !in_array(date('Y-m-d',$enddate),$holidays))$buisnessdays--;
    }
    return date($dateformat,$enddate);
}

// as a parameter in in_array function we should use endate formated to 
// compare correctly with the holidays array.