$connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die ("Unable to connect!"); 

// select database 
mysql_select_db($db) or die ("Unable to select database!"); 

$query = "SELECT *, date_format(timestamp,'%d/%m/%Y') as date 
		  FROM `articles` 
		  WHERE articles.statusid =4
		  AND articles.articleID
		  LIMIT 0 , 5";
		  
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query. ".mysql_error());

if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) { 
	while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { 
	$date = $row['date'];
	list($month, $day, $year) = split('[/.-]', $date);		
	
		echo "Date from database =";
		echo $row["date"];
		echo '<br>';
		echo "Date after format =";
		echo $date;
		echo '<br>';
	
		
		
	if ($lastYear == $year) { 
	 	echo '<div class="item">';
		echo  '<div class="header-container">';
		echo '<div class="left-curve"> </div>';
		echo '<div class="articleTitle">';
		echo "<h1>".$date."</h1>";
		echo '</div>';
		echo '<div class="right-curve"> </div>';
		echo '</div>';
		echo '</div>';
		echo '<div class="clear">';
		echo '</div>';
		}
	$lastYear = $date;
	}
	}
else
	echo 'No articles have been selected for viewing';
	
// free result set memory 
mysql_free_result($result); 

// close connection 
mysql_close($connection); 

?>