I'm still tinkering with this. The script has gone through many incarnations so far, but here is the current:
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Along with my template file, this outputs:
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As you can see, the date variable is not getting set the way I want it to be. It seems the dates overwrite the variable as they pass through and thus I end up with the last date.
Any input, or direction to a starter's PHP guide, would be appreciated.

I have been reading though the two sites suggested in the forum instructions here.