How to check if todays date is same as a given date in PHP

Question

I am trying to check if today's date is = 04/01/2013 in a PHP file. I have written the following JS Script. But I am getting some error. Dont know why. Please help

//This function will return if today is the date that we are looking for
function isToday($time) // midnight second
{
    alert('1');
    return (strtotime($time) === strtotime('today'));
 }

Testing using the following:

if (isToday('2013-04-01 00:00:00.0') )
{
  alert('Yes true');
}
else
{
  alert("No false');
}

Please help how to compare today date = 04/01/2013. Thanks.

Answer 1

If you want to do a date/time compare in JavaScript, you will be best off checking this question asked previously:

Javascript equivalent of php's strtotime()?

That is a strtotime equivalent in JavaScript.

Here's a brief example:

var d = new Date("2013-04-01");
if(d == new Date()) {
    alert('yes')
} else {
    alert('no')
}

Answer 2

In PHP:

// Get the time
$serverDate = date('d/m/Y',time());

// Date to check against
$dateToCheck = '04/01/2013';

if($dateToCheck == $serverDate) {
  alert('Yes true');
} else {
  alert('No false');
}