How to compare two dates without years in php?

Question

I would like to compare the two dates ,one date is which the 02 aug 1921 , and the second date is present date.How to compare the old date and present date day and month .if

Answer 1

If you are on PHP 5.3 you can use the new DateTime class:

$oDate1 = new DateTime( $datetime1 );
$oDate2 = new DateTime( $datetime2 );

if( $oDate1->format('m-d') == $oDate2->format('m-d')
  echo 'yes';