php number format

$var = 4938509.958

echo number_format($var, 2, ‘,’, ‘.’);

output = 4,938,509.96

one liner if statement

$variable = ($x == TRUE)? 'the variable is true' : 'the variable is NOT TRUE';

count days between two dates

    //function that will count days
    function countdays($date1, $date2){
        $days = abs(strtotime($date1)-strtotime($date2)) / 86400;
        return $days;
    }

    //lets assign values
    $date1 = '2008-08-17';
    $date2 = '2008-08-12';
    echo countdays($date1, $date2); //executes our function

mysql date to javascript date

<?php

echo date('m/d/Y', strtotime('2008-07-31'));

?>

trying to use your dates in mysql in javascript? use this code in your php page.