PHP if today is Saturday or Sunday

Question

I'm trying what should be a simple IF statement to show content if the day of the week is Saturday or Sunday. This statement always returns true.

<?php 
 if(date('D') == ('Sat' || 'Sun')) { 
      echo "Today is Saturday or Sunday.";
    } else {
      echo "Today is not Saturday or Sunday.";
    }
?>

I also tried: (Sat || Sun) and (Saturday || Sunday)

Any ideas here?

date('D') = Sun

Answer 1

The issue is, you have to check the condition individually.

Try this:

<?php
if(date('D') == 'Sat' || date('D') == 'Sun') { 
  echo "Today is Saturday or Sunday.";
} else {
  echo "Today is not Saturday or Sunday.";
}
?>

Explanation:

date() function with 'D' parameter will return the day like Sat, Sun etc

Output : Today is Saturday or Sunday.

Working code

date() parameters list

Answer 2

You can also use date('N') where Sat = 6 and Sun = 7

<?php
if(date('N') > 5) { 
    echo "Today is Saturday or Sunday.";
} else {
    echo "Today is not Saturday or Sunday.";
}
?>