else, elseif,else statement is not working with fwrite in php

Question

i want to write expiry date in a text file with respect to condition but when i echo in browser, it works fine but at the same time it is not writing in text file. Here is my code:

condition is based on user selection, problem is that instead of writing expiry date in expiry.cfg, it write only condition like 1,2 or 3. please guide how to resolve this issue.

$expiry1 = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('1 Month'));
$expiry2 = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('3 Month'));
$expiry3 = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('6 Month'));

$condition = 1;

if ($condition == "1") {
    echo $expiry1;
} elseif($condition == "2") {
    echo $expiry2;
} else{
    echo $expiry3;
}
$myfile = fopen("/var/etc/expiry.cfg", "a") or die("Unable to open file!");
fwrite($myfile,$condition);
fclose($myfile);```

Answer 1

Try this,

<?php
$expiry = [];
$expiry[1] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('1 Month'));
$expiry[2] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('3 Month'));
$expiry[3] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('6 Month'));

$condition = 1;

if (isset($expiry[$condition])) {
    $myfile = fopen("/var/etc/expiry.cfg", "a") or die("Unable to open file!");
    fwrite($myfile, $expiry[$condition]);
    fclose($myfile);
} else {
    echo 'Invalid condition';
}