cannot get the "if today is after....if today is before.." working

Hi there I have set up a coupon system on the checkout page. There will be many variations of rules governing the type of coupon. However as soon as I give a rule the following triggers, the coupon wont work.
"If today is after CouponValidFrom"
"If today is before CouponValidTo"

I will provide a screen shot og the rules, Im using. and the checkout page in the zip file.

In the database table the fields that store the dates From/To are DATE (should it be DATETIME? for this rule to function?) In the admin I am storing the data as DATE

I have setup a recordset to filter the coupon code and I have set all the sessions.

Any idea why it wotn work once I use the "if today..." rules??

Chris

are you sure the sessions have a value?

add the following code to write the sessions to the page:

<?php

@session_start();

echo("FormCouponValidFrom: ".$_SESSION["FormCouponValidFrom"]."<br />");

echo("FormCouponValidTo: ".$_SESSION["FormCouponValidTo"]."<br />");

?>

I just rewrote the rule and I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '"', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Server\www\dinky\WA_eCart\DinkyCart_PHP.php on line 102

in the ecart rule this is what I am putting:

AND if today is after a certain day
if today is after $_SESSION["FormCouponValidFrom"]

AND if today is before a certain day
if today is before $_SESSION["FormCouponValidTo"]

Ive attached the file in question

Chris

use single quotes instead of double quotes:
$_SESSION['FormCouponValidFrom']

Hi Jason, I tried that..I still get the error. here is the line that the error is corrisponding to in the php file:

if (true && ((sizeof($this->Items) > 0) && (isset($_SESSION['FormCouponValue'])) && (isset($_SESSION['FormCouponValidFrom'])) && (isset($_SESSION['FormCouponValidTo'])) && (time() >= strtotime("$_SESSION['FormCouponValidFrom']")) && (time() <= strtotime("$_SESSION['FormCouponValidTo']")))) {
$totalDiscount += $_SESSION["FormCouponValue"];//Result

and this is the error message I get: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Server\www\dinky\WA_eCart\DinkyCart_PHP.php on line 102

(line 102 is the first line of the code above)

Chris

you still have double quotes in place:
$totalDiscount += $_SESSION["FormCouponValue"];//Result

ok i removed the double quotes but i get a syntax error on the first line:

if (true && ((sizeof($this->Items) > 0) && (isset($_SESSION['FormCouponValue'])) && (isset($_SESSION['FormCouponValidFrom'])) && (isset($_SESSION['FormCouponValidTo'])) && (time() >= strtotime('$_SESSION['FormCouponValidFrom']')) && (time() <= strtotime('$_SESSION['FormCouponValidTo']')))) {
$totalDiscount += $_SESSION['FormCouponValue'];//Result

the following 2 sections in the if statement:

strtotime('$_SESSION['FormCouponValidFrom']')

strtotime('$_SESSION['FormCouponValidTo']')

should b not have the single quotes:
strtotime($_SESSION['FormCouponValidFrom'])

strtotime($_SESSION['FormCouponValidTo'])

ok I corrected those in the actual DinkyCary_PHP.PHP file manually. When I go back to the eCart Merchandising Rule screen. the 2 date rules show as "Custom condition" ...Im attaching a screenshot - so this would make it confusing to edit (if need be from this screen). Would this be a bug since creating the rule from the eCart Merchanding Rule screen those quotes are automatically created in the rule.

Chris

yes, this is bug when using dynamic values for the date, I will log it in our system so it can be corrected in the next update.