He's recommending something like this..

$tmp = explode(' ', $date);
if (date("Y-m-d") == $tmp[0])  // date format yyyy-mm-dd
{
    echo "Today";
}

Seems like a reasonable solution to me.  Read the manual if you need more
information..
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

- Kevin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sebastian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Philip Hallstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "php list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Date Question.


> can you give an example? I am stil learning :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Hallstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> | Strip off the H:i:s part using explode() and use date() to get an
> | equivalent string for right now and if they match, today's the day.
> |
> | On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Sebastian wrote:
> |
> | > I have a date field in mysql in this format: Y-m-d H:i:s
> | >
> | > I would like to echo "Today" if the date is today, can someone offer
> some
> | > help? Thanks.
>
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