Show night / day icon (with php) using sunset / sunrise

Question

What is the best method / script to echo an image after sunset and before sunrise with php.

if (date("H:i") > date_sunset(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 51.29, 4.49, 90.7, 2)) { $icon = "icon_night"; } else { $icon = "icon_day"; }
if (date("H:i") > date_sunrise(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 51.29, 4.49, 90.7, 2)) { $icon = "icon_night"; } else { $icon = "icon_day"; }

echo $icon;

I wanted to return a day and night icon.

are you saying the code above does not work? in what way? – Jul 31 '19 at 22:26 — , Jul 31 '19 at 22:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '19 at 23:34

You're comparing current time to each of sunrise / sunset independently meaning you'll get some odd results.

This should work for determining which one to show

$now = date("H:i");
$sunrise = date_sunrise(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 51.29, 4.49, 90.7, 2)
$sunset = date_sunset(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 51.29, 4.49, 

$icon = ($now > $sunrise && $now < $sunset) ? 'icon_day' : icon_night'

// Will echo icon_day or icon_night
echo $icon;

Displaying an actual icon instead of text is a very different question. If that's what you're trying to get at more information is required (do you have icons? where are you showing them? what have you tried)

Yes this works. Thank you! And it's in a much easier way done. — Janneman, Aug 01 '19 at 07:28

Show night / day icon (with php) using sunset / sunrise

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