Mysql: results from last seven days

Question

It's my first time creating a website with PHP and MySQL. How do I query the results of a Mysql search to display only the results from the last 7 days?

The columns in my database are:

Id
Name
Date
Mensage

Answer 1

There's a few ways to do this. Here's one.

SELECT *
FROM tablename
WHERE `date` > CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL 7 DAY

And another:

SELECT *
FROM tablename
WHERE DATEDIFF(`date`, CURRENT_DATE) < 7

FYI, you should not name your columns using reserved keywords . It's a bad idea and can only cause problems for you.

Answer 2

Get the last 7 days date

SELECT DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 7 DAY);

Get the current

SELECT NOW();

There is complete query example by combine two above parts

SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `date_created` BETWEEN DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 7 DAY) AND NOW();

By use this query you could get data from database than execute with php mysql_query and mysql_result function