Thank you, so now I know how to include more than one file and not just the files in a directory when moving a directory to another directory.

That's so weird it works with this change..

$name = time();
$txtName = $name . ".txt";
$myFile=fopen($txtName,"a");
$txt = $VarCheck;
fwrite($myFile,$txt);
fclose($myFile);

Yes, a if statement sounds like the option, I think something like this....
Here’s how I think I might approach it:

// get the date in an easy to compare format: Jan 1st is 101, Dec 31st 1231
$date = date('n') * 100 + date('j');

if($date < 124) {
$content = "between jan 1 and jan 23;
} elseif($date < 215) {
$content = "between jan 24 and feb 15";
}

// ... repeat for each grouping I want?

How would I say in this switch statement Pisces displays at X number of days in January and Aries at some other day in the same month? Dahnus is default for January and should disappear when replaced by the others on the specified days.

There will be 24 months in this switch all having replacement switch definitions.

<?php
// date command to find out the day of the week
$date = date('F');
// our switch statement will assess which day of the week it is and
// assign our $content as assigned.
switch ($date) {
  case 'Jan':
    $content = "Dahnus";
//$content = " Pisces";
//$content = " Aries";
    break;
  case 'Feb':
    $content = "Aquarius";
//$content = " Virgo";
//$content = " Kanya";

    break;
  
}

// display our content regardless of day 
echo $content;
?>

I would like to exclude words from the output of printf, I think this is the correct way to go about it but the page breaks and data disappears, any suggestions thank you.

function outputPlaylist($playlist) {
	$entries = parse_m3u($playlist);
	echo "<pre>\n";
		$iDontWant1="imm/"
		$iDontWant2="bla2"
		$iDontWant3="bla3"
	foreach($entries as $entry) {
	
		if($entry->Artist == $iDontWant1 || $entry->Artist == $iDontWant2 || $entry->Artist == $iDontWant3) continue; 	
	
	printf("\"%s\" by %s!\n", $entry['title'], $entry['artist']);
	}
	echo "</pre>";

the expected output should be "British" by After Alice!
not "British" by imm/After Alice!

When I manage to solve I would be happy to post an answer.

In Linux how would we create an m3u playlist of mp3 files in a directory?

In windows, we can say..use PHP and a bat file
like so.

<?php
    system("c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\\ezstream\\PlaylistRefresh-imm.bat");    
    header('Location: playlists.php');
?>

Then the bat file

@echo off
REM ***working directory***
cd \ezstream\
 
>nul chcp %ACP%
dir imm /o:n /b *.mp3 *.flac > imm/Playlist.m3u

This gives us a playlist from the mp3 in a folder called "imm"
How would this be done in Linux as there is no bat file rather an exe or better yet in PHP to generate the list?

got it going and works just fine with some minor adjustments to fit the application.
demo

function outputPlaylist($playlist) {
	$entries = parse_m3u($playlist);
	echo "<div class='row'>\n";
		echo "<pre>\n";
		$size = sizeof($entries);
        $size_half = ceil($size / 2);
        $counter = 0;
			echo "<div class='row'>\n";
				echo "<div class='column'>\n";
	foreach($entries as $entry) {
		// Check for half way point
                     if($counter++ == $size_half ){
                             // Close column and open new one
				echo "</div>\n";
                     }
						printf ("%s\n", $entry['title'], $entry['artist'] );
		
	}
	// Close column and row
			echo "</div>\n";
		echo "</pre>";
	echo "</div>\n";
}
?>

like so...http://mpg.dnset.com/radio/cvshows/showlist.php
"Chuck Vans Show 19.10.20"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.10.7"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.10.8"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.11.1"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.11.14"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.11.21"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.11.29"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.12.15"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.12.9"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.6.18"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.6.25"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.7.2"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.7.9"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.9.26"
"Chuck Vans Show 19.9.5"

To parse a m3u file in a single column we have this.

Display the content..

<?php
	require("parseshow_m3u.php");
?>
<?php outputPlaylist('/ezstream/cvshows/playlist.m3u');?>

Parse the content..

<?php

function outputPlaylist($playlist) {
	$entries = parse_m3u($playlist);
	echo "<pre>\n";
	foreach($entries as $entry) {
		printf("\"%s\"\n", $entry['title'], $entry['artist']);
		
	}
	echo "</pre>";
}

?>

How would we make two equal columns out of this by modifying <pre></pre> in a styled div?

That's so weird it works with this change..

$name = time();
$txtName = $name . ".txt";
$myFile=fopen($txtName,"a");
$txt = $VarCheck;
fwrite($myFile,$txt);
fclose($myFile);

In menu we have a menu.txt file with times to select.

<?php
	echo '<form method="POST" action="process.php">';
		$file = fopen("menu.txt","r");
	echo '<table border="1">';
		while(! feof($file))
	{
		$data= fgets($file);
		if(trim($data) != '') {
	echo '<tr>
		<td><input type="checkbox" name="check[]" value="'.$data.'"></td>
		<td>'.$data.'</td></tr>';
	}
		}
		fclose($file);
	echo '<input type="submit" value="send">';
	echo '</form>';
?>

In the process below we have a way to save those selections $myFile=fopen($name,"a"); but when including .txt in save $myfile=fopen($name . ".txt","a"); and saving as txt file the data does not save in the text file. The selections only save when we try not to add an extension in the code.

<?php
if(isset($_POST['check']) && ! empty($_POST['check']))  
{
    $check=$_POST['check'];
    $numberOfCheck=count($check);
		echo ("You have checked $numberOfCheck checkboxes : ");
		//echo ("You have ordered $numberOfCheck itmes on the breakfast menu : ");
			for ($i=0; $i<$numberOfCheck; $i++)  
		{
			echo '<br>';
			echo ($check[$i]. " ");
		$VarCheck=$check[$i];
        $name=time();
        **$myFile=fopen($name,"a");**
		//$myfile=fopen($name.'.txt','a'); 		
		//$myfile=fopen($name . ".txt","a");
		$txt=$VarCheck;
			fwrite($myFile,$txt);
			fclose($myFile);    
		}
	}
	else
	{
		echo "Zero check selected";
	}
?>