Workshop

The workshop is designed to help you anticipate possible questions, review what you've learned, and begin putting your knowledge into practice.

Quiz

1:	Using PHP, how do you acquire a Unix timestamp that represents the current date and time? What about using MySQL?
A1:	In PHP, use time(). In MySQL, use UNIX_TIMESTAMP().
2:	Which PHP function accepts a timestamp and returns an associative array that represents the given date?
A2:	The getdate() function returns an associative array whose elements contain aspects of the given date.
3:	Which PHP function do you use to format date information? What about using MySQL?
A3:	In PHP, use date(). In MySQL, use DATE_FORMAT().
4:	Which PHP function could you use to check the validity of a date?
A4:	You can check a date with the checkdate() function.

Activity

Create a birthday countdown script. Given form input of month, day, and year, output a message that tells the user how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the big day. Use whatever combination of PHP and MySQL functions you want.