integer value to compare to todays date

Question

I have an form field thats is saved on the db as an integer. Its a simple due day.

<input name="due_day" type="text" id="due_day" class="input-mini" maxlength="2" />

What I would like to do is to compare this due day value to the current date to see the difference. For example the bill due date is every 15th of the month and today is the 12th of Dec. I would like show the difference from today to the next due day which is the 15th of december and display that value. How should I go about this?

Thank you.

this should help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2040560/how-to-find-number-of-days-between-two-dates-using-php — kennypu, Dec 13 '12 at 02:49

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 13 '12 at 02:50

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Use PHP Date_diff to get the difference between 2 dates and you can display it however you need to.

answered Dec 13 '12 at 02:50

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 13 '12 at 16:28

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 $due_day   = $_POST['due_day'];
 $today_day = date('d');
 echo ($due_day - $today_day);

edited Dec 13 '12 at 16:28

AlienWebguy

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answered Dec 13 '12 at 02:51

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Thanks very much. I didn't think I can get the difference between a date and an integer that easily. – Renee Cribe Dec 13 '12 at 03:15
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No problem. I just removed that redundant param from `date` - it defaults to `now`. – AlienWebguy Dec 13 '12 at 16:29

integer value to compare to todays date

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