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Posted by Iban Dominguez
Iban Dominguez
17,973 Points

PHP MYSQL COMPARE DATETIME VALUES

Hi there!

I am building a php mysql calendar web app where events get assigned to different users.

I often have to compare dates from mysql to not duplicate the same users on another event at the same time.

At the moment I am storing the values in MYSQL as datetime and creating a date '2014-04-12' string to compare within the php script.

I've seen some apps that compare dates as whole number for example: 46847684687 > 657687

Any advice of best format to compare datetimes?

thanks beforehand! cheers!

2 Answers

Travis Neiderhiser
Travis Neiderhiser
1,027 Points

I personally convert the record to an int then use the date method in PHP.

$datetime = strtotime($mysqlDate);
$recordDate = date("y-m-d", $datetime);

if($recordDate == '2014-04-12') {

}

Sounds like that is what you are doing?

Iban Dominguez
Iban Dominguez
17,973 Points
Iban Dominguez
Iban Dominguez
17,973 Points

Hi Travis,

kind of what I am doing! if it works for you I guess it will work for me too!

cheers!