Check if Date is Greater Than Today Using PHP

Use this code snippet to check if date is greater than today.

$date_today = new DateTime();
$existing_date = new DateTime( "01/02/2023" );

if ( $date_today > $existing_date ) {

   echo "greater than today";

} else {

   echo "Less than today";

}

Alternate:

$date_today = date("Y-m-d");
$existing_date = "2023-01-02";

if ( $date_today > '2016-01-02') {

   echo "greater than today";

} else {

   echo "Less than today";

}

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