RE: [PHP] Making several variables into 1 variable

From: Ashley Sheridan > On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 09:32 -0400, Miller, Terion wrote: >> I need to take this: >> >> $pastDays = strtotime("-30 days"); >> >> >> >> $past_day = date("d", $pastDays); >> >> $past_month = date("m", $pastDays); >> >> $past_year =date("y", $pastDays); >> >> >> And make it into one var to compare to a db field that is formatted like >> 00/00/00 >> >> > Erm, why don't you do this: > > $pastDays = strtotime("-30 days"); > $date = date("d/m/y", $pastDays); > > The date() function allows you to mix in all sorts of characters into > the output it formats, and you can escape characters that have special > meaning with a slash '\' character. The problem with that is if that field is a string, and not formatted as YY/MM/DD, then a simple compare won't work in January. You have to break it down into the three components and compare each one in turn. Bob McConnell