Show text if date is today - php

Question

I need to show (today) text if date is today. How do I do that!
I tried everything but cant find the right anwser that's why Im asking here.
Here is the piece of codeI have right now.
$mod_list.= '<ul class="upcoming-events"><li>
<div class="date">
<span><span class="day">'.date($dateformat,$datetime_start).'</span>
<span><span class="month">'.date($datemonth,$datetime_start).'</span>
<span><span class="year">'.date($dateyear,$datetime_start).'</span>
</div>';
I want to show it just behind the last </span>
It is for event calendar and I want to show the text TODAY on the exact day of the event.
Any Ideas?

Answer 1

if(date('Y-m-d',$datetime_start)==date('Y-m-d')){
//it's today! put code here
}else{
//it's not today
}
If you don't use the second parameter in the date() function, it uses the current time. So comparing their date to today is that simple.

Answer 2

Ok, here is the whole Code for what I'm using, it is actualy a droplet for showing the event calendar in my sidebar.
//:Show next #N events
//:
// Get_Concerts
global $database, $wb;
setlocale (LC_ALL, 'sl_SI.UTF-8'); //za vse kategorije
setlocale (LC_TIME, 'sl_SI.UTF-8'); //za datumske funkcije
// Show how many items, defaults to 10?
if ( !isset($max) ){ $max = 10; };
// year and month and section defaults
if(!isset($year)) {$year = date('Y', time()); }
if(!isset($month)) {$month = date('n', time()); }
if(!isset($section_id)) {$section_id = 0 ; }
// Set dateformat to suit your needs, add timeformat if needed
$dateformat = 'd'; // Standard php date formats
$datemonth = 'M'; // Standard php date formats
$dateyear = 'Y'; // Standard php date formats
// Fetch base page link, if event_id = set
$extrasql = '';
$page_id = 0;
$page_link ='';
if ($section_id<>0) {
$extrasql = " section_id = '".$section_id."' AND ";
$sql = "SELECT page_id FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."sections WHERE section_id = '".$section_id."'";
$result = $database->query($sql);
if ( $result->numRows() > 0 ) {
while( $row = $result->fetchRow() ) {
$page_id = $row['page_id'];
}
}
if ($page_id <> 0) {
$sql = "SELECT link FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."pages WHERE page_id = '".$page_id."'";
$result = $database->query($sql);
if ( $result->numRows() > 0 ) {
while( $row = $result->fetchRow() ) {
$page_link = page_link($row['link']);
}
}
}
}
// Set start- and end date for query
// $datestart = "$year-$month-1"; ORIGINAL = show all events in this month
$datestart = date("Y-m-d"); // ALTERNATIVE = show all events in this month, starting today
$dateend = "$year-$month-".cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, $month,$year);
$mod_list = "";
// Fetch the items
$sql = "SELECT DAY(date_start) AS day, id, custom1, date_start, time_start, date_end, time_end, name FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."mod_procalendar_actions WHERE ".$extrasql." date_start >='$datestart' AND public_stat = 0 ORDER BY date_start,time_start LIMIT 0, ".$max." ";
$mod_query = $database->query($sql);
while ( $row =& $mod_query->fetchRow()){
// Build url like : pages/kalendar.php?id=2&detail=1
$page_url = $page_link.'?id='.$row['id'].'&detail=1';
$ds = $row['date_start']." ".substr($row['time_start'],0,5);
$de = $row['date_end']." ".substr($row['time_end'],0,5);
$datetime_start = mktime(substr($ds,11,2),substr($ds,14,2),0,substr($ds,5,2),substr($ds,8,2),substr($ds,0,4));
$datetime_end = mktime(substr($de,11,2),substr($de,14,2),0,substr($de,5,2),substr($de,8,2),substr($de,0,4));
if ($row['time_start'] !== $printTime) {
$printTime = $row['time_start'];
$mod_list.= '<ul class="upcoming-events"><li>
<div class="date"><span><span class="day">'.date($dateformat,$datetime_start).'</span><span><span class="month">'.date($datemonth,$datetime_start).'</span><span><span class="year">'.date($dateyear,$datetime_start).'</span>
</div>';
$mod_list.= '<div class="event-content"><h6>'.$row["name"].'</h6>
<ul class="event-meta"><li><i class="fa fa-clock-o"> </i>'.substr($printTime,0,5).'<sup>h</sup></li>
<!-- <li><i class="fa fa-info-circle"> </i>'.$row["custom1"].'</li> --></ul></div></li></ul>';
}
$mod_list .= "<hr>";
}
$mod_list .= 'Napovednik<br></br>';
return $mod_list;
Here is the link to the site, LINK you'll notice a TEST event which is created for today, I want a little TODAY text to be shown right beside the HOUR on the right.
I hope this helps more, Thank you
R.