[SOLVED] Calculate Age

[Northern Flame]

Im having trouble calculating the birthdays of my users,

when they register, they enter their date of birth in this format

month: 01

day: 02

year: 1978

 

how can I calculate their age?

[Barand]

You subtract the year they were born from this year to give age.

 

If, however, the month/day of their birth has not yet been reached this year, subtract one from age

[Mordax Praetorian]

I think this command may help you:

 

getdate()

[Northern Flame]

thanks for the replies,

ill take a look at getdate()

and report back if it works

fine for me

[Barand]

getdate is a red herring.

 

try

<?php
$yob = 1978;
$mob = 1;
$dob = 2;

echo calcAge ($yob, $mob, $dob);             // 30

function calcAge ($y,$m,$d)
{
    $age = date('Y') - $y;    
    return date('md') < sprintf('%02d%02d', $m, $d) ? $age-1 : $age;
}

?>