Question

How can I display a different div background color according to a deadline established into a mysql database data ?

i.e.
Mysql date: 10-10-2012

display background-color: #FF9999 if today is from “before” to 1-10-2012
display background-color: #FF0000 if today is from 1-10-2012 to 10-10-2012
display background-color: #FFFFFF if today is from 10-10-2012 to “after”

thanks

Answer 1

E.g. (untested):

define in your stylesheets:

.before { background-color: #FF9999; } 
.current { background-color: #FF0000; } 
.after { background-color: #FFFFFF; }

in your php:

$iNow = time();
$iDeadline = strtotime($sMySqlDate);
$iAfter = strtotime('+1 day', $iDeadline);
$iBefore = strtotime('-10 days', $iDeadline);
$sClass = ($iNow >= $iAfter ? 'after' : ($iNow < $iBefore ? 'before' : 'current'));
echo '<div class="' . $sClass . '">...</div>';

=== UPDATE ===

Reading a timestamp from a mysql database:

$sSql = "SELECT `closedate` FROM `table`";
$rResult = mysql_query($sSql);
if (!$rResult) {
    echo "Could not successfully run query ($sSql) from DB: " . mysql_error();
    exit;
}

$aRow = mysql_fetch_assoc($rResult);
$sMySqlDate = $aRow['closedate'];
mysql_free_result($rResult);