Question

I have an array which will output a date. This date is outputted in the mm/dd/yyyy format. I have no control over how this outputted so I cant change this.

Array
(
    [date] => 04/06/1989
)

I want to use php to check if this date matches the current date (today), but ignoring the year. So in the above example I just want to check if today is the 6th April. I am just struggling to find anything which documents how to ignore the years.

Answer 1

if( substr( $date, 0, 5 ) == date( 'm/d' ) ) { ...

Works only if it’s certain that the month and date are both two characters long.