Code<?php
$dateA = '12-25-2003';
$dateB = '12-24-1999';

// convert to unix time stamps
$fooA = explode('-',$dateA);
$fooB = explode('-',$dateB);

$timestampA = mktime(0,0,0,$fooA[0],$fooA[1],$fooA[0]);
$timestampB = mktime(0,0,0,$fooB[0],$fooB[1],$fooB[0]);

if($timestampA > $timestampB)
{
echo $dateA . " is greater than B";
}
else{
echo $dateB . " is greater than A";
}
?>

<?

$string = "this is a test string";
$exploded = explode(" ",$string);

for ($i = 0; $i <= 4; $i++) {
print "\$exploded[\$i] => " . $exploded[$i] . "<BR>";
}

?>