Ken,
If it works, it works!
If you want to store the birthdate in a single column in the db, then
make the datatype a date in CCYY-MM-DD format, then prepare the query by
asking PHP for the server's date as month (MM) and day (DD) and apply
those to the query using the functions I pointed you at
I have the thing returning the date as long as the date format is "m/d" in
the table with a seperate year column.
Here's the table:
mysql> select * from Cinfo;
+-++--+---+---+
| Cid | Fname | Lname| Bday | Byear |
+-++--+---+---+
|