function mgeStart($date){

  if(date('D', $date) == 'Fri') { // It is friday
    $start = $date;
  }else{
    $start = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('last friday', strtotime($date))); //
last friday
  }
  // error_log("Date: ".$date." Start: ".$start);
return $start;
}

function mgeEnd($date){
  if(date('D', $date) == 'Thu') { // It is thurs
     $end = $date;
  }else{
    error_log("enter2");  //THIS NEVER GETS ENTERED
    $end = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('next thursday', strtotime($date))); // last friday
  }
  return $end;
  error_log("Date: ".$date." End: ".$end);
}

$endDate = mgeEnd($row_3['WorkDate']);
$startDate = mgeStart($row_3['WorkDate']);