Here's some very simple code that'll determine a Zodiac sign given a birthdate. If I've screwed up on dates, let me know.
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<?php
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/*
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Find a Zodiac Sign by Birthdate with PHP
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http://www.beliefmedia.com/code/php-snippets/zodiac-sign
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*/
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function beliefmedia_zodiac($birthdate) {
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$zodiac = '';
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if ( ( $month == 3 && $day > 20 ) || ( $month == 4 && $day < 20 ) ) { $zodiac = "Aries"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 4 && $day > 19 ) || ( $month == 5 && $day < 21 ) ) { $zodiac = "Taurus"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 5 && $day > 20 ) || ( $month == 6 && $day < 21 ) ) { $zodiac = "Gemini"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 6 && $day > 20 ) || ( $month == 7 && $day < 23 ) ) { $zodiac = "Cancer"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 7 && $day > 22 ) || ( $month == 8 && $day < 23 ) ) { $zodiac = "Leo"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 8 && $day > 22 ) || ( $month == 9 && $day < 23 ) ) { $zodiac = "Virgo"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 9 && $day > 22 ) || ( $month == 10 && $day < 23 ) ) { $zodiac = "Libra"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 10 && $day > 22 ) || ( $month == 11 && $day < 22 ) ) { $zodiac = "Scorpio"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 11 && $day > 21 ) || ( $month == 12 && $day < 22 ) ) { $zodiac = "Sagittarius"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 12 && $day > 21 ) || ( $month == 1 && $day < 20 ) ) { $zodiac = "Capricorn"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 1 && $day > 19 ) || ( $month == 2 && $day < 19 ) ) { $zodiac = "Aquarius"; }
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elseif ( ( $month == 2 && $day > 18 ) || ( $month == 3 && $day < 21 ) ) { $zodiac = "Pisces"; }
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return $zodiac;
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}
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<strong>Usage:</strong>
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[php]$birthdate = "2013-12-20";
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echo beliefmedia_zodiac($birthdate);
When we posted this on Internoetics we had a number of comments - most of them relating to the date grouping.
Date Formats
For an 8-figure time-group (20131220), YYYYMMDD, remove the following line:
... and use the following:
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$date = '20131220';
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/* Format yyyymmdd */
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$month = $matches['2'];
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$day = $matches['3'];
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You could also use PHP's str_split as an alternative the preg_match. Using str_split($date, 2); will split a string into an array with the values having a length of 2 characters. Remember, it's only the two-figure day and month that we're after.
