<?php namespace App; use Carbon; class DynamicEngineParameters { // Returns a string notating the Date Range of the last year // The value is used as Parameter for the Bing search engine // freshness Parameter public static function FreshnessYearBing() { $now = \Carbon::now()->format("Y-m-d"); $lastYear = \Carbon::now()->subYear()->format("Y-m-d"); return $lastYear . ".." . $now; } public static function FreshnessCustomBing(){ // Bings custom date filter uses YYYY-mm-dd..YYYY-mm-dd // From and two dates are supplied by parameters ff and ft // They already have been checked if they match above pattern in parseFormData function $from = \Request::input("ff"); $to = \Request::input("ft"); return $from . ".." . $to; } }