plz help if u can..:)

[tauchai83]

i hav date problems. I have create a date that receive input $day, $month, $year separately from the user. (through drop down box).

Now i trying to get the expired date (appointment date) show up an "done" IMAGE. automatically by comparing with today's date. How should I do that? so far what i have coded work in reverse.

Here is my coding: what's wrong with it?

[color=blue]$bkdate = $Day."-".$Month."-".$Year;  (user input variable)
$today = date("d-m-Y"); (today date in format of 19-01-2007)

if($bkdate<$today )
{
echo "<td><img src=\"images/bullet.gif\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" border=\"0\"></a></td>";
}[/color]

i try to use string compare function but it did not work as i want. who can help me? Thanks!! :)

[cicibo]

u can try separate those date for month,day n year
this is just a logic error...

[paul2463]

you input date is not correct it should look like

[code]
<?php
$bkdate = "$Day-$Month-$Year";  //(user input variable)
>?
[/code]

[eric1235711]

I find that comparing dates in this way do now work correctly because it's verifying strings, not dates

this will work:

[code]
<?php

$bkdate = "{$Year}-{$Month}-{$Day}";
$today = date("Y-m-d");

if(strtotime($bkdate)<strtotime($today) )
{
  // echo here
}
?>
[/code]

Dates are represented like string but to make calculations and comparings you should convert them in numbers.

php do not parse any string to find if it´s numeric or date or a boolean or anything else before comparing... you must parse (or convert) before making your test...

[Jessica]

Eric's version is close.
Instead of getting a timestamp, converting to date, then back to time, just do

$bkdate = $Year.'-'.$Month.'-'.$Day;
if(strtotime($bkdate)<time()){
}

[tauchai83]

it's a great help from u all....it works...hehe...thanks a lot! now i learn a new function called strtotime. Thanks!!