title: php strtotime does not work
body: <p>I got an issue on below script, assume <code>$exp_date</code> is retrieved from db, I want to compare expiry date with today date to check whether membership's is still alive.</p>
  
  <p>There is nothing to display but only <code>Time Expired</code>, what's wrong with the code? </p>
  
  <p>The data retrieved from expiry column in db is set as varchar (which is built by ex-colleague).</p>
  
  <pre><code>$exp_date = "22/01/2014";
  $todays_date = date("d/m/Y");
  $today = strtotime($todays_date); 
  $expiration_date = strtotime($exp_date);
  echo $expiration_date.' | '.$today.'&lt;br&gt;';
  if($expiration_date &gt; $today){ 
      echo 'Still Active';
  } else { 
      echo 'Time Expired';
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Anyone can help with?</p>