Re: How to delete 3 months old records in my database?
| From: | Simon Griffiths | Date: | Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:13:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How to delete 3 months old records in my database? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Hello,
Try something like:
$oldDate = new DateTime();
$oldDate->sub(new DateInterval('P3M'));
$old_records_to_delete = $oldDate->format('Y-m-d');
Hope this helps,
Si
Sent from my iPhone
On 2 Aug 2013, at 11:58, Karl-Arne Gjersøyen <karlarneg@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello again, folks!
> I wish to delete records in my database that is older than 3 months.
>
> $todays_date = date('Y-m-d');
> $old_records_to_delete = ???
>
> if($old_records_to_delete){
> include(connect.php);
> $sql = "DELETE FROM table WHERE date >= '$old_records_to_delete'";
> mysql_query($sql, $connect_db) or die(mysql_error());
> }
>
> Thank you very much for your help to understand also this question :)
>
> Karl