strtotime

[eMonk]

I'm trying to add 5 days to $today date:

 

<?php

$exp_date = "2011-09-11";
$todays_date = date("Y-m-d");

$today = strtotime("+5 days", $todays_date);
$expiration_date = strtotime($exp_date);

if ($expiration_date > $today) {
     echo "Valid: Yes";
} else {
     echo "Valid: No";
}

?>

 

Is +5 days used wrong?

[trq]

Is +5 days used wrong?

 

No, but $todays_date needs to be a timestamp. In this case you can leave it out all together.

[aruns]

$todays_date = strtotime("now");

 

use like this

[Pandemikk]

$todays_date = strtotime("now");

 

use like this

 

Why would he do that? The optional parameter in strtotime defaults to the current timestamp if none is provided.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php

 

And anyway, time() should be used instead of strtotime("now").

 

 

Just follow with what thorpe stated.