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-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst24
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 40ba218a8..486a67696 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- ``now()`` now works with all timezone strings supported by PHP.
- Added an optional third parameter to ``timespan()`` that constrains the number of time units displayed.
- Added an optional parameter to ``timezone_menu()`` that allows more attributes to be added to the generated select tag.
- - Deprecated ``standard_date()``, which now just uses the native ``date()`` with `DateTime constants <http://bg2.php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php#datetime.constants.types>`_.
+ - Deprecated ``standard_date()``, which now just uses the native ``date()`` with `DateTime constants <http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php#datetime.constants.types>`_.
+ - Added function ``date_range()`` that generates a list of dates between a specified period.
- ``create_captcha()`` accepts additional colors parameter, allowing for color customization.
- :doc:`URL Helper <helpers/url_helper>` changes include:
- ``url_title()`` will now trim extra dashes from beginning and end.
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Added a work-around in ``force_download()`` for a bug Android <= 2.1, where the filename extension needs to be in uppercase.
- ``form_dropdown()`` will now also take an array for unity with other form helpers.
- ``do_hash()`` now uses PHP's native ``hash()`` function (supporting more algorithms) and is deprecated.
- - Removed previously deprecated helper function ``js_insert_smiley()`` from smiley helper.
+ - Removed previously deprecated helper function ``js_insert_smiley()`` from :doc:`Smiley Helper <helpers/smiley_helper>`.
- :doc:`File Helper <helpers/file_helper>` changes include:
- ``set_realpath()`` can now also handle file paths as opposed to just directories.
- Added an optional paramater to ``delete_files()`` to enable it to skip deleting files such as .htaccess and index.html.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
index e332a913f..9de925ba7 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
@@ -306,6 +306,30 @@ Example
If the second parameter is empty, the current year will be used.
+date_range()
+============
+
+Returns a list of dates within a specified period.
+
+.. php:method:: date_range($unix_start = '', $mixed = '', $is_unix = TRUE, $format = 'Y-m-d')
+
+ :param integer $unix_start: UNIX timestamp of the range start date
+ :param integer $mixed: UNIX timestamp of the range end date or interval in days
+ :param boolean $is_unix: set to FALSE if $mixed is not a timestamp
+ :param string $format: output date format, same as in date()
+ :returns: array
+
+Example
+
+::
+
+ $range = date_range('2012-01-01', '2012-01-15');
+ echo "First 15 days of 2012:";
+ foreach ($range as $date)
+ {
+ echo $date."\n";
+ }
+
timezones()
===========