comparing dates

[12Strings]

Hi, I get:

Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context in C:\xampp\htdocs\

from following code: I just want to determine "dayslate".
//---------

$dayslate = CURDATE() = DATE(duedate);

// $dayslate = DATE(NOW()) - DATE(duedate);
//---------
// QUERY ON tablename TABLE
$query = "SELECT dayslate,
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[camerongray]

What are you actually trying to do here?  You have:

Code: [Select]

$dayslate = CURDATE() = DATE(duedate);
Are you sure you aren't meaning to subtract DATE(duedate) from CURDATE() rather than trying to set CURDATE() equal to DATE(duedate) which is what is causing the error.  Your code should probably be:

Code: [Select]

$dayslate = CURDATE() - DATE(duedate);