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January 10, 2010 1:46pm
Subscribe [2]#1 / Jan 10, 2010 1:46pm
Hi guys!
Ive been lurking around the forum for some time now. Im fairly new to codeigniter. So far its great! Here we go.
This is my first post so be gentle! =)
I need a function that checks if a given date(‘Y-m-d’); has passed and returns TRUE or FALSE. But hoooooow?
#2 / Jan 10, 2010 5:32pm
You need to check if its a certain date?
read about this function http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php to know a bit more how it works, and take a look at this: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/helpers/date_helper.html
#3 / Jan 10, 2010 6:42pm
No, I need to know if a given date, formated like this date(‘Y-m-d’), is in the future or in the past.
Thanks for the link.=) However, I could not find any references on how to proceed.
#4 / Jan 10, 2010 7:23pm
if( strtotime("2009-04-16") < time() ){
// Your date is in the past
} else {
// Your date is not in the past
}#5 / Jan 11, 2010 3:09am
AH! The time() function. That makes sense.
There is plenty to be read on http://php.net/manual/en/function.time.php.
Thank you Craig for exemplifying it for me. Nice!