Hi, It would better and far easier to use PHP's date functions, specifically getdate() and date().
Check out the documentation here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getdate.php HTH, Jed On the threshold of genius, andy wrote: > Hi there, > > I am wondering how to get recors out of a mysql db from yesterday, last week > and last month. I did write a small php hack but this does not work > properly. > > I did this: > > ################################################### > switch ($ts){ > case 1: // today > $timestamp = substr($timestamp,0,8).'000000'; > break; > case 2: // yesterday > $timestamp = (substr($timestamp,0,8)-1).'000000'; > break; > case 3: // last week > $timestamp = (substr($timestamp,0,8)-7).'000000'; > break; > }; > $start_date = $timestamp; > $display_option = "AND p.timestamp > '$start_date'"; > ################################################### > > But it leads to problems if I search for last week since I do a siple > subtraction of integer values and not of real days. > > Maybe some of you guys has a better appoach? > > Thanx, > > Andy > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
