function age($date){
$year_diff = '';
$time = strtotime($date);
if(FALSE === $time){
return '';
}
$date = date('Y-m-d', $time);
list($year,$month,$day) = explode("-",$date);
$year_diff = date("Y") – $year;
$month_diff = date("m") – $month;
$day_diff = date("d") – $day;
if ($day_diff < 0 || $month_diff < 0) $year_diff–;
return $year_diff;
}