sql search whilst in a foreach loop or while loop - php

Question

Hi firstly heres my code.
<?php
function getDatesBetween2Dates($startTime, $endTime) {
$day = 86400;
$format = 'd-m-Y';
$startTime = strtotime($startTime);
$endTime = strtotime($endTime);
$numDays = round(($endTime - $startTime) / $day) + 1;
$days = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < $numDays; $i++) {
$days[] = date($format, ($startTime + ($i * $day)));
}
return $days;
}
///
$days = getDatesBetween2Dates(date('d-m-Y', strtotime('-3 weeks Monday')),date('d-m-Y', strtotime('+2 weeks Sunday')));
foreach($days as $key => $value){
$dayNumber = date('d', strtotime($value));
//echo $value;
echo "<div id=\"day\">
<div id=\"number\">$dayNumber</div>";
////////////sql seearch//\\\/////////
//Connect to db
include("../djwbt.php");
$sql = "SELECT * FROM daysummary WHERE date='$value'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$place = $row['place'];
$invoicedate = $row['date'];
}
/////////////end sql search//////////
echo "<div id=\"event\">$place</div>
</div><!-- end day -->";
}
?>
What i am trying to do is show all dates between two points and for each of the dates search my db using the date as a where clause. i have tried putting the search in a few places but im not getting the right results.
this gives me the same result in each date.
e.g. 17th = (empty) as in my db, 18TH = HOME (as in my db), 19th = HOME (not as in my db), 20th = HOME (this continues all the way through fore each)
the link in each fore each works perfectly?
Any help would be amazing.

Answer 1

I would make one statement that gets all the needed data from your database:
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name BETWEEN value1 AND value2;
then use the foreach loop for the results
Note that mysql_ functions are deprecated, Try switching to mysqli_ or PDO