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Compare dates using strtotime

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  1. // Get the dates 
  2. $today = date("m/d/Y");
  3. $datefrom = "10/01/2010";
  4. $dateto = "10/12/2010";
  5.  
  6. // Convert dates to strings
  7. $todaystring = strtotime($today);
  8. $datefromstring = strtotime($datefrom);
  9. $datetostring = strtotime($dateto);
  10.  
  11. // Compare the dates (check if today is between start and end dates)
  12. if ($todaystring >= $datefromstring && $todaystring <= $datetostring) {
  13.     // Do something if today is in between
  14.     echo "Date is ok.";
  15. } else {
  16.     // Do something if it is not in between
  17.     echo "Date is wrong.";
  18. }

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