RE: [PHP] Date Comparison

Hey Stuart - RTFM yourself....I did read it, and obviously misunderstood... I'm really sorry to bother you. I thought that was what a listserv like this was for - to ask questions... I'll try not to ask questions I should know the answer to next time. -----Original Message----- From: Stuart [mailto:stuttle@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:19 AM To: David Stoltz Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Date Comparison 2009/8/28 David Stoltz <Dstoltz@shh.org>: > How to I ensure a variable date is not in the past, compared to the > current date? Here's how I'm trying, unsuccessfully: > > $nextdate = "8/2/2009"; > > if(strtotime($nextdate)<=getdate()){ > >        echo "Sorry, your next evaluation date cannot be in the past, > Click BACK to continue."; >        exit; > > } RTFM. The strtotime function will give you a timestamp, getdate will give you an array, so your comparison is non-sensical. Use the time function to get the current date/time as a timestamp. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/