Recent snippets posted on Snipplr.com https://snipplr.com/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:31:42 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/52454/auto-updating-copyright-notice <p>__A lot of websites are victim of outdated copyright notices, 2008, 2009 even 2000.__ This function is designed to combat this annoyance, resulting in proper copyright notices. With **valid years**, and also valid **Typography**, separating the dates with an **En dash** and using **character entities**. Using this function in your footer will create an output string similar as: ***** <code>2008–2011 © </code> for $startYear = 2008 ***** <code>2011 © </code> if the $startYear is equal(or bigger) compared to the current year, note that if an invalid date(higher) is passed as the argument the function will still return the current year ***** <code>Our company 2011 © </code> for $startYear = "Our company" **(not advised)** ***** <code>2009–2011 © Our company</code> for $startYear = 2009 and $txt = "Our company" **(advised)**</p> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:51:30 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/52454/auto-updating-copyright-notice