PHP: Date larger than current date

Question

I have this code:

$curdate = \'22-02-2011\';

$mydate = \'10-10-2011\';                     

if($curdate > $mydate)
{
    echo \'

        

Answer 1

$row_date = strtotime($the_date);
$today = strtotime(date('Y-m-d'));

if($row_date >= $today){
     -----
}