Check if date expression ("d-m" without leading zeros) is today - php

Question

I want to compare current date's day and month with subscription date's day and month only.
For example:
current date(d-m) = 3-6
And I want compare it with any other d-m
How should I do it in PHP
In my project condition is like birth date in which we don't compare year.

Answer 1

The trick in this is to let the month come first. This way PHP can compare the numbers by highest value. Take a look at the following example:
$aDate = DateTime::createFromFormat('m-d', '05-20');
$bDate = DateTime::createFromFormat('m-d', '06-29');
if ($aDate->format('md') > $bDate->format('md')) {
echo "'aDate' is bigger than 'bDate'";
}

Answer 2

use like
$current_date = date("d-m");
$subscription = "03-06-2016";
$subscription_date = date("d-m", strtotime($subscription));
if($current_date ==$subscription_date)
{
echo "date is equal";
}else
{
echo "date is not equal";
}

Answer 3

If you only need to check if the j-n date is the same as the current date, then you don't need to make more than one function call. Because you are not comparing greater than or less than, the format of your input is unimportant.
Code: (Demo)
$subscription = '29-11';
var_export(date("j-n") === $subscription);
// at the moment, the result is true
j is today's day of the month without any leading zeros and
n is today's month without any leading zeros.

Answer 4

Use DateTime() PHP objects.
Considering you have an array with user info from mysql query result: ($userData['suscriptionDate'])
$today = new DateTime();
$userSuscription = new DateTime($userData['suscriptionDate']);
if ( $today->format('d') == $userSuscription->format('d') && $today->format('m') == $userSuscription->format('m')) {
echo 'Congratulations!!';
}

Answer 5

Use DATE_FORMAT() function to extract part of date:
Ref: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_date-format
SELECT * from table_name WHERE DATE_FORMAT(subscription_date, '%d-%m') = "05-05";

Answer 6

I think, more elegant way to compare, especially when you have a full date with time is diff function of Datetime class:
$d1 = new Datetime();
$d2 = new Datetime('+3 months +2 days +3 hours');
$diff = $d1->diff($d2);
var_dump($diff->d); // 2
var_dump($diff->m); // 2
// or have a comparison as a string
var_dump($diff->format('Difference is in %R%a days'));
// output: Difference is in 63 days
Enjoy! Link to doc

Answer 7

This may help you
$sdate = $row['subscription_date'];
$date1 = date("m-d");
$date2 = date("m-d",strtotime($sdate)) ;
if ($date1 == $date2) {
}