You might want to pattern you SELECT statement in this manner:
SELECT * FROM `tablename` WHERE status = 3 OR status = 1
Notice I called the field name explicitly on each side of the OR.
Be sure to check the data type for the date field -- if it is a datetime
stamp or date stamp, it might
No - OR and AND tests work like this:
(first conditional test) OR (second conditional test)
therefore
((date_received LIKE '$todays_date) OR (date_received LIKE
'$yesterdays_date'))
And of course you will check the MySQL docs to confirm that OR does work in
the WHERE clause, won't you?