How would I get the birthdays of friends who are celebrating their birthday this week, this month and next month using MYSQL and PHP?

Question

I am currently working in an site which needs to get the birthdays of friends who are celebrating their birthday this week, this month and next month using MYSQL and PHP.

Answer 1

Provided you store birthdates in DATE (or DATETIME) format in MySQL you can use the following Queries:

// This week
SELECT * FROM person WHERE WEEK( birthdate ) = WEEK( NOW() )

// This month
SELECT * FROM person WHERE MONTH( birthdate ) = MONTH( NOW() )

// Next month

SELECT * FROM person WHERE MONTH( birthdate ) = MONTH( NOW() ) + 1;

SELECT * FROM person WHERE IF
  ( MONTH( NOW() ) < 12, MONTH( birthdate ) = MONTH( NOW() ) + 1,
  MONTH( birthdate ) = 1)