I need to check in PHP if the current time is before 2pm that day.
I've done this with strtotime on dates before, however this time it's with a time only, so obviously at 0.00 each day the time will reset, and the boolean will reset from false to true.
if (current_time < 2pm) {
// do this
}
You haven't told us which version of PHP you're running, although, assuming it's PHP 5.2.2+ than you should be able do it like:
$now = new DateTime();
$twoPm = new DateTime();
$twoPm->setTime(14,0); // 2:00 PM
then just ask:
if ( $now < $twoPm ){ // such comparison exists in PHP >= 5.2.2
// do this
}
otherwise, if you're using one of older version (say, 5.0) this should do the trick (and is much simplier):
$now = time();
$twoPm = mktime(14); // first argument is HOUR
if ( $now < $twoPm ){
// do this
}