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mladoux on 09/21/10


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jatubio


past_date

 / Published in: PHP
 

URL: http://mark.haktstudios.com/

A simple utility function to determine if today\\'s date is newer than then a given date. Good for checking expiration dates on data.

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  1. /**
  2.  *  past_date($date)
  3.  *
  4.  *  @param  string  $date   -   compares $date to $now to see if the date has passed.
  5.  *  @return boolean         -   returns true if provided $date is newer than $now
  6.  *                              or false if $date is equal older than $now.
  7.  */
  8.  
  9. function past_date($date)
  10. {
  11.     // prepare working variables
  12.     $date   = strtotime($date);
  13.     $now    = strtotime(date('Y-m-d'));
  14.  
  15.     // evaluate.
  16.     if( $date < $now ) return true;
  17.     else return false;
  18. }

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