Calculate the age using data from my database

Question

This is the code I\'m currently using, but it\'s not working. Geboortedatum means day of birth in Dutch.

mysql_connect(\'xxx\', \'xxx\', \'xxx\');

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Answer 1

No need for PHP calculation. MySQL might do it by itself (with help of TIMESTAMPDIFF()):

SELECT TIMESTAMPDIFF(YEAR, `Geboortedatum`, NOW()) as `age` FROM `Personen`;

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If you store your date in format, that differs form MySQL Date format (i.e. not in YYYY-mm-dd format), then you may try to format it with STR_TO_DATE() function.