Check if date is before or after a certain date in the same month

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I am developing a web app using PHP (Codeigniter). When a user makes a request for a certain resource in the app I need to check if todays date is before or after the 25th of this month. How can I do this? I do not know how to do it.

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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '12 at 11:12

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This should do it...

if ( date('j') < 25 ) {
    // date before 25th
}

answered May 08 '12 at 11:12

Ben Everard

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '12 at 11:13

You can use the date function with the j format type for that

if (date('j') > 25) {
    // It is after the 25th
} elseif (date('j') < 25) {
    // It is before the 25th
} else {
    // It is the 25th
}

See http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php for more info

Check if date is before or after a certain date in the same month

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