Dates

[coolant]

I'm trying to make a way so that the script will error if the date() and the current date do not match. This is what I have, and it's not working right.

$datem = date("M");
$datey = date("y"); 

$datem2 = "Jun";
$datey2 = "03"; 

if ($datem == '$datem2') {  

echo "month is right";  

} else {  

echo "month is wrong";  

}

if ($datey == '$datey2') {  

echo "year is right";  

} else {  

echo "year is wrong";  

}

Any ideas?

[pyro]

Yes, you need to take your second variables in the if commands out of single quotes. Right now, it is checking if the current date == $datem2, rather than the results of $datem2. So, either remove the quotes altogether or use double quotes ("$datem2").

Basically, here's how single and double quotes work:

$value = "test"

echo '$value'; # will echo $value
echo $value; # will echo test
echo "$value"; # will echo test

[coolant]

thanks man. I'm still somewhat new at php 🙂