Need to compare transaction date to computer date

[KevCav]

Good afternoon all; First time poster and really new to php and HTML.

I am starting to maintain application that has departure date and return date. There are edits to insure return date is not less than departure date and that is working fine.

dates are dropdowns in mmm dd yyyy format. I need to determine if departure date is greater than today. If it equal to or less than today, then no deposit but if it is greater than today, I want to collect a deposit.

departure date code is:

$depDay = $SESSION['reservation']['req_depday'];
$depMonth = $SESSION['reservation']['req_depmonth'];

$depYear = $_SESSION['reservation']['req_depyear'];

$depStrDate = sprintf ( "%02d/%02d/%04d", $depMonth, $depDay, $depYear );
	$depDate    = strtotime ( $depStrDate );

I put the following code in and I am getting the opposite results of what I expected:

$now = getdate ();

if ( $depDate > $now )
{
$SESSION['error_msg'] = $errfontopen;
$SESSION['error_msg'] .= 'Pickup Date is greater than today - get a deposit!';

$_SESSION['error_msg'] .= $errfontclose;
header ( 'location: ../rs01L.php?ren_id=' . $_REQUEST['ren_id'] );
			exit;

}

if ( $depDate < $now )
{
$SESSION['error_msg'] = $errfontopen;
$SESSION['error_msg'] .= 'Pickup date is equal to or less than today - no deposit' ';
$SESSION['error_msg'] .= $errfontclose;
header ( 'location: ../rs01L.php?ren_id=' . $REQUEST['ren_id'] );
exit;
}

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! Kevin

[Roger_Ramjet]

KevCav wrote:

I put the following code in and I am getting the opposite results of what I expected:

So what did you expect and what did you get? 😕

[KevCav]

Roger Ramjet wrote:

So what did you expect and what did you get? 😕

I got the same results whether the pickup date was greater or less than today, as a result i know it must be something else I need to do when i use getdate, but I am at a loss.

[Roger_Ramjet]

from the manual

"getdate()

Description
array getdate ( [int timestamp] )

Returns an associative array containing the date information of the timestamp, or the current local time if no timestamp is given, as the following associative array elements: "

😕 now you know the answer to this, just think about it.