Question

Let’s say I have records in a MySQL table that have a unix timestamp in it. How would I go searching, in a MySQL query, for a query that was posted on the current month?

Here’s what I have so far:

$sql = "SELECT * FROM `postings` WHERE `date_posted` = '".date("m-Y")."'";

Obviously — not right. Help?

Answer 1

As your column contains a time() field you’ll need values containing time values in order to compare. By using the function strtotime you’ll achieve what you want.

$query = "SELECT * FROM `postings` 
          WHERE `date_posted` >= ". strtotime("This month") ." 
          AND `date_posted` < ". strtotime("+1 month");