select date that is less or equal to current date - php

Question

I am trying to select the date in the field end_date that is less or equal to current date but did not work and my field end_date as the same date format(08-09-2014) data as current date below is my code thanks
$currentdate = date("d-m-Y");
$query1 = "SELECT * FROM location WHERE end_date <= '$currentdate'";
$result1 = mysql_query ($query1) or die('query error');
while( $line1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($result1)){
echo $line1['end_date'];
}

Answer 1

try this
SELECT * FROM location WHERE end_date <= DATE_FORMAT(CURDATE(), '%Y-%m-%d')

Answer 2

try with -
SELECT * FROM location WHERE end_date <= DATE_FORMAT(CURDATE(), '%d-%m-%Y')

Answer 3

$currentdate = date("Y-m-d");
$query1 = "SELECT * FROM location WHERE `end_date` <= '$currentdate'";
$result1 = mysql_query ($query1) or die('query error');
while( $line1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($result1)){
echo $line1['end_date'];
}
try this... must have in database date format;;

Answer 4

If your currentdate is independent of the system date (e.g. if you are operating over different timezones), and if, for some reason, your end_date is not a date type, then try this:
SELECT * FROM location
WHERE str_to_date(end_date, '%d-%m-%Y') <= str_to_date('$currentdate', '%d-%m-%Y')
where the format can be changed to match your inputs.
If you want to compare dates, then make sure you are comparing dates and not strings.