date() help - calculate number of days elapsed

[bsmbahamas]

i have a script that stores the date that a member joins using

$date = date('d-m-Y');

i want to be able to check the current date,
and then find out how many days have past
since the member's join date.

ideally it should end up as

$elapsed = 12;

if 12 days have past.


so i can just check $elapsed and if it is less than 30 days
since the user joined i could offer a discounted purchase

sort like this ...

$cur_date = date('d-m-Y');

function get_join_date(){

//calculate the number of days elapsed,
//and store it as a number in a variable
//named $elapsed

}

if( $elapsed <= 30 ){
//show discounted purchase link
} else {
//show regular purchase link
}

can anyone help with the code for the function?
I'm assuming it is not as simple as subtracting the
$cur_date from $join_date and storing it as $elapsed

thanks,
Michael.

[MrCoder]

Use time() and mktime() to form UNIX timestamps that can be subtacted from one another to get the diffrance.

[aussie girl]

try this...
http://www.developertutorials.com/tu...018/page1.html

[bsmbahamas]

try this...
http://www.developertutorials.com/tu...018/page1.html

thanks all.

thanks aussie girl, that works perfectly!