On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 08:30:34PM +0100, John Ryan wrote:
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> In mySQL, I store dates as -MM-DD, a standard DATE type. It stores users
> date of births. I need to calculate in a PHP script, the users age from this
> DOB. I get a PHP date in the same format as the mySQL and subtract, which
> re
Another idea (slightly simpler)...
how about using mktime(); to create a timestamp from your date info, and
subtract that from the current timestamp - leaving (i think) the person's
age in seconds...
Then just do some math...
hmm... is that really simpler? well it seemed it when i started typing
yeah, i was thinking that before i decided to post to the newsgroup. i
thought there was some simple way of doing it and id be wasting my time.
obviosuly not
"Craig Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Try something along the lines of
>
> if($current_MM < $MM) {
Try something along the lines of
if($current_MM < $MM) {
$age = $calculatedage - 1;
}
you'll also need to do something like this with the day of the month if the
user's bday is in the current month.
at least... i think that works out :$
Craig Roberts
"John Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
try http://www.phpclasses.org
-shiva
"Mike Mannakee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Anyone know of an easy way to add or subtract dates in php the way you can
> in mysql? Easier, that is, than coding the logic by hand? This seems
like
> a total pain.
>
> Mike
>
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