How to Compare Only Date from DateTime stamp in php?

Question

I have a column with name DDateTime and it's type is DateTime.

I want to compare only date from DDateTime with input date.

Example: '14-05-2018 08:00:00' = '14-05-2018'

How can I compare only date from DateTime variable?

$sql = "SELECT * 
        FROM ride 
        WHERE RideFrom = '$RideFrom' 
        and RideTo = '$RideTo' 
        and CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), DDateTime, 103) = '14-05-2018';";

I tried this query but it did not work

Do you want to change your SQL statement to only check the date? Or do you want to do that within your PHP code? — a_horse_with_no_name, May 14 '18 at 14:49
Which [DBMS product](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBMS) are you using? "SQL" is just a query language, not the name of a specific database product. Please add a tag for the database product you are using `postgresql`, `oracle`, `sql-server`, `db2`, ... — a_horse_with_no_name, May 14 '18 at 14:49

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '18 at 13:31

You can us the MySQL DATE() function for this and make it really easy

AND DATE(DDateTime) = '14-05-2018'

Although I have to mention that your script is wide open to SQL Injection Attack Even if you are escaping inputs, its not safe! Use prepared parameterized statements in either the MYSQLI_ or PDO API's

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '18 at 13:32

Here is two methods.
Choose the one you like.

$str ='14-05-2018 08:00:00';

echo substr($str, 0, 10). "\n";
echo date("d-m-Y", strtotime($str));

Substr will always take the first ten characters, whatever they are.
Date will try to parse and make it unixtime then convert to datestring.

How to Compare Only Date from DateTime stamp in php?

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