[perleo]

Hi,
If i have

PHP Code:

$date = date('Y-M-'); 

which would read, 2004-09-

How do I make it, 2004-08- , which is basically going down 1 month and how do I make it go down 2 months ?

Cheers

[eq1987]

Here's a few ways:

PHP Code:

<?php

$year = date('Y');

$month = date('m');

echo $year . " - " . $month - 1;

// or

$another_month = $month - 1;

echo $new_month;

// or

$yet_another_month = date('m') - 1;

echo $newest_month;

?>

[perleo]

cheers, there perfect, ive another problem maby you can help,

iam trying to use if statements to change between querys

how do I check if a variable with

2004-07-01 is like 2004-07-

The second date is missing the day numbers. how can that be down in a if statement like..

PHP Code:

if($date_a == '2004-07-')

 {

     .......... 

[eq1987]

It's possible, but I unfortuneately can't remember the command. Ill look on php.net, but hopefully someone else can help.

There may be an easier way, depending on how you get the 2 dates. Is one input by a user?

[Eclipse]

Try something like:

PHP Code:

if($date_c === ""){

echo("Error...");

}

else{

//your code here

} 

or set it up as a POST hidden variable from the referer if you can as:

PHP Code:

$date_c = $_POST["date_c"];

if(!isset($date_c)){

echo("error");

}

else{

//your code here

} 

[Andy1984]

Originally Posted by eq1987

It's possible, but I unfortuneately can't remember the command. Ill look on php.net, but hopefully someone else can help.

There may be an easier way, depending on how you get the 2 dates. Is one input by a user?

this what your talking about:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php