PHP Calender Help

[lJesterl]

I have a script where I check dates to see if they exist in a table. If they exist then there not available. I thought I had everything working untill I noticed a problem. I use the following portion of code

 

$today=date("m/d/Y");
$oneweek = date('m/d/Y', strtotime("$today +7 days"));

if($ADate < $oneweek){

$error="Your arrival date must be atleast 1 week from today's date.";

}

if($ADate < $today){

$error="Your arrival date can not be before today's date.";

}

 

$ADate is the date they choose on the previouse page. It is in the DD/MM/YYY format. For example 07/07/2008

 

I get the following errors. Everything else works and everything works if they pick 2008 or 2009 except for these 2 checks. If they pick 08/01/2009 it tells them it can not be before todays date becase 2008 is less than 2009 and if I take that part out it says your arrival date must be a week away because 2008 is less then 2009. How can I properly do these checks to do $ADate < $today and also $ADate is < $oneweek if its 2008 or 2009.

[Caesar]

Compare them as timestamps. Don't compare them after they've been formatted.

[lJesterl]

Would you be willing to elaborate a little bit?

 

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[Caesar]

<?php

  if(strtotime($ADate) <  strtotime($oneweek))
   //Then do the Dew

?>