Re: How to delete 3 months old records in my database?
[email protected] (Jim Giner)
| Newsgroups | php.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 8/2/2013 6:58 AM, Karl-Arne Gjersøyen wrote:
> Hello again, folks!
> I wish to delete records in my database that is older than 3 months.
>
> $todays_date = date('Y-m-d');
> $old_records_to_delete = ???
>
> if($old_records_to_delete){
> include(connect.php);
> $sql = "DELETE FROM table WHERE date >= '$old_records_to_delete'";
> mysql_query($sql, $connect_db) or die(mysql_error());
> }
>
> Thank you very much for your help to understand also this question :)
>
> Karl
>
So close! BUT - you need to reverse your test.
where date <= '$old_records_to_delete'