how to do multiple if statemnts in php based on a criteria - php

Question

I have a database named hrRecords and a table named employee in that table. It has a field named contract_end. In that field, I have the contract info of the employee specifically the duration of said contract (datetime).
What I want to achieve is to check that info to see when the contract is going to come to an end and if it is display a message saying so.
I am very new to php and I tried something but I am totally lost I was wondering if I could get some guidance of some sort thank you for your support:
<?php
$employee1= mysql_real_escape($_GET["employee1"]);
$DataBase = "hrRecords";
mysql_connect("server","username", "password") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($DataBase) or die(mysql_error());
$query = SELECT contract_end From hrRecords
// current date being compared
if(contract_end== date(Y-m-d) {
echo "something"
}
else {
echo " employe name , Your contract will expire in x amount of days "
}
/* This is the point where everything becomes fuzzy because im thinking there has to be some other way to do this for all the employees */

Answer 1

fist stop using mysql it has been depreciated
use either mysqli or pdo. I will show you how to do it with mysqli
<?php
$employee1= mysql_real_escape($_GET["employee1"]); // i am not sure why you are doing this since you are not using this any where
$DataBase = "hrRecords";
$ServerName = "server";
$UserName = "username";
$Password = "password";
$mysqli = new mysqli($ServerName, $UserName, $Password,$DataBase);
// Check connection
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
// since i don't know all of colum names i am making them up
$stmt= $mysqli->prepare("SELECT contract_end employe_name From hrRecords");
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->store_result();
$stmt->bind_result($contract_end, $employe_name)
while($stmt->fetch()) { // this will go thorough all of the records
// current date being compared
if($contract_end== date(Y-m-d) {
echo "something"
} else {
// you need some more code here to find x
echo " $employe name , Your contract will expire in x amount of days "
}
}
i don't know if this will help you at all. you did not have enough info for a better answer