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A simple PHP utility for generating dynamic copyright year ranges in your projects.

Quick installation

composer require letraceursnork/copyright-year-range

Purpose

This package provides an easy way to format copyright years, automatically handling cases where the start year matches the current year. Instead of hardcoding dates like © 2020 - 2025, you can generate them dynamically, ensuring your copyright notices stay up to date. Forget about ifs like this:

if ($year !== '2024') { // The year that copyright starts
    echo "© 2024 - $year"
} else {
    echo "© $year";
}

Just use this:

echo CopyrightHelper::getCopyrightString(2020); // Output: "2020 - 2025" (if current year is 2025)
echo CopyrightHelper::getCopyrightString(2025); // Output: "2025" (if current year is 2025)

Custom formatting

CopyrightHelper::setFormat('%1$s – %2$s'); // Using an en dash  
echo CopyrightHelper::getCopyrightString(2020); // "2020 – 2023"  

CopyrightHelper::setFormat('%1$s <= = => %2$s');  
echo CopyrightHelper::getCopyrightString(2020); // "2020 <= = => 2023"  

Perfect For

• Websites & web applications
• Open-source projects
• Documentation footers
• Automatically updating copyright notices

Keep your copyright notices fresh with zero maintenance! 🚀