How to check if a date is between date1 and date2 using mysql?

Question

I\'m trying to write a query that will check today\'s date against my table columns date1 and date2 in mysql/php.. This is what I\'m after:

\'events\' table:

Answer 1

Though there are many answers available to this question I would like to give my response regarding the same situation I faced.

I am using php to query mysql database.

first what I do is to convert the date in the mysql supported date format which is yyyy-mm-dd

$date = new DateTime($date);
$date=date_format($date, 'Y-m-d');

in the query's where clause I use BETWEEN

"'$date' BETWEEN start_date AND end_date"

this works perfectly given the case described here.