I want to compare two date with current date in if condition - php

Question

In my data base I have start_date and end_date for my course pack and I want to show my div in between course of start date and date end date.
In my current course start date and end date have,
start_date = 2019-08-01
end_date = 2019-09-01
My code:
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
$date = date('Y-m-d', time());
foreach ($fetchyotubedetail as $fetchyoutubedetails) :
$currentData = date_create($fetchyoutubedetails['start_date']);
$expiryDate1 = date_create($fetchyoutubedetails['end_date']);
if ($date <= $currentData && $date <=$expiryDate1){
echo 'hi';
}else{
?>
<?php
?>
<div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-6 " style="position: relative;">
<iframe id="<?php echo $fetchyoutubedetails['id'];?>" class="yt_players" width="972" height="284" src="<?php echo $fetchyoutubedetails['video_links']?>?rel=0&wmode=Opaque&enablejsapi=1;showinfo=0;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture">
</style> allowfullscreen></iframe>
<h3 class="category-name">Category:<?php echo $fetchyoutubedetails['course_title'];?></h3><!-- /.category-name -->
<h2 class="entry-title"><?php echo $fetchyoutubedetails['video_title'];?></h2>
<span><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> <time datetime="PT5M">Cource Duration : <?php echo $fetchyoutubedetails['cource_duration'] ?> Month</time></span>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
I do not know where I am wrong in my if ($date <= $currentData && $date <=$expiryDate1) condition.
If my course pack date is in between start and end date then only show my course div other wise show only echo 'hi';

Answer 1

The main problem is, you compare apples and oranges here...
date returns a string, formatted according to the given format
date_create on the other hand is an alias for DateTime::construct() which returns a DateTime Object.
So in your specific case the following should work:
$objDateNow = new DateTime();
$objDateNow->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata'));
foreach($fetchyotubedetail as $fetchyoutubedetails)
{
$objDateStart = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $fetchyoutubedetails['start_date']);
$objDateStart->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata'));
$objDateEnd = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $fetchyoutubedetails['end_date']);
$objDateEnd->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata'));
if ($objDateNow >= $objDateStart && $objDateNow <= $objDateEnd)
{
echo 'hi';
}
else
{
//...
}
}
For more information take a look at the PHP official docs
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
https://www.php.net/manual/de/function.date-create.php