Issues comparing two dates in php - php

Question

For some reason I am having difficulties comparing a previous date and current date. I have tried many different things, and tried to google my way to an answer but with no luck.
This is how my code is..
$phpdate = date("Y-m-d");
$sql = "SELECT lastDailyCollect FROM users WHERE steamid='".$_POST['steamid']."'";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
$lastDailyCollect = $row['lastDailyCollect'];
}
}
if ($lastDailyCollect == $phpdate) {
//give user error message
}elseif ($lastDailyCollect != $phpdate) {
//let user know it suceeded
}else {
//comparison error
}
I want to check if the user is able to collect a daily bonus. The last collection date of each user is stored in a mysql database, in a table called users.
It always goes to the comparison error.
Hope somebody can help.

Answer 1

What you can do to check if lastDailyCollect date was previous day by subtracting one day from the current date and storing it in $yesterday then matching if previous date is equal to lastDailyCollect date.
<?php
$date = date("Y-m-d"); //2017-05-12
$lastDailyCollect = "2017-05-11";
$yesterday = date('Y-m-d',strtotime($date . "-1 days")); //2017-05-11
if($lastDailyCollect == $yesterday) {
//give user error message
echo 'lastDailyCollect is equal to Previous day';
}
else
{
//let user know it suceeded
echo 'lastDailyCollect is not equal to previous day';
}
?>