date range php condition code example

Example 1: php date + one day

<?php
$stop_date = '2009-09-30 20:24:00';
echo 'date before day adding: ' . $stop_date; 
$stop_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($stop_date . ' +1 day'));
echo 'date after adding 1 day: ' . $stop_date;
?>

Example 2: php date compare with today

<?php

$datetime1 = new DateTime('2009-10-11 12:12:00');
$datetime2 = new DateTime('2009-10-13 10:12:00');

if ($datetime1 > $datetime2) {
    echo 'datetime1 greater than datetime2';
}

if ($datetime1 < $datetime2) {
    echo 'datetime1 lesser than datetime2';
}

if ($datetime1 == $datetime2) {
    echo 'datetime2 is equal than datetime1';
}