How can I compare two dates in PHP?

Question

How can I compare two dates in PHP?

The date is stored in the database in the following format

2011-10-2

If I wanted to

Answer 1

I had that problem too and I solve it by:

$today = date("Ymd");
$expire = str_replace('-', '', $row->expireDate); //from db

if(($today - $expire) > $NUMBER_OF_DAYS) 
{ 
    //do something; 
}