How to compare dates and strings in PHP

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i'm developing a PHP program and i must compare a date variable and a string variable. I've tried strcmp but it doesn't work... suggests? Thank's

Possible duplicate of [PHP compare two dates](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20008581/php-compare-two-dates) — Ruslan Osmanov, Nov 11 '16 at 12:13

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '16 at 12:27

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Best way of comparing dates is using time-stamps :

$string = '11/05/2016';//string variable
$date = date('Y-m-d',time());//date variable

$time1 = strtotime($string);
$time2 = strtotime($date);
if($time1>$time2){
    //do this
}
else{
    //do this
}

I hope it helps

answered Nov 11 '16 at 12:27

Abhay Maurya

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yes `$time1` and `$time2` are integers, so everything which works on integers will work on those. – Abhay Maurya Nov 11 '16 at 12:46
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But use `===` instead as its faster than `==` and more appropriate. Please mark the answer as accepted for this question if it helped you. – Abhay Maurya Nov 11 '16 at 12:47
No Problem. Happy Coding! – Abhay Maurya Nov 11 '16 at 13:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 11 '16 at 12:16

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$time = strtotime('10/16/2003');

$newformat = date('Y-m-d',$time); //my date format is Y-m-d,usw your date format

there $newformat variable also a date

this way you can compare date and string

edited Nov 11 '16 at 12:16

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answered Nov 11 '16 at 12:15

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This answer is only partial. While it shows how to prepare the string for comparison with a date, it doesn't show how to do the actual comparison, but the question was "how to compare." – Dylan Kinnett Jun 07 '19 at 14:05

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