Mysql date range problem

Databases
1

For example 2 coloums start and finish

2 dates

start = 2010-05-23
finish = 2010-07-26

I want to get all days like 2010-05-23,2010-05-24 etc.

can I do it with mysql or should I use php

thank you.

2

You want to generate all dates between a start and end point stored in a database, not find all rows between two dates, right?

I think doing that in your programming language would be more appropriate.

$sql = "SELECT start, finish FROM sometable";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

for ($i = strtotime($row['start']); $i <= strtotime($row['finish']); $i += 24*60*60) {
    echo date('Y-m-d', $i) . "<br />";
}
3

thank you but. this that calculate months with 30,31 or for example february 28 or 29?

4

Yes.

It is adding 24 hours at a time to a UNIX timestamp beginning at your start date and ending on your finish date.

date() converts the timestamp to a formatted string and handles all the calculations.

5

thank you again