//database can be found at http://programmershelp.co.uk/mysqldatabase.php

<?php
//use the getdate function to retrieve the date/time data
$today = getdate();
//store the day of the week in the $day variable
$day = $today['wday'];
//increment the variable by 1 because the wday returns 0 to 6 to represent Sunday to Saturday
//Our database ID starts at 1
$day = $day + 1;
//connect to server with username and password
$connection = mysql_connect ("localhost","root", "") or die ("Cannot make the connection");
//connect to database
$db = mysql_select_db ("test",$connection) or die ("Cannot connect to database");
//our SQL query we will display the id equivalent to the $day variable
$sql_query = "SELECT * FROM test WHERE id LIKE $day";
//store the SQL query in the result variable
$result = mysql_query($sql_query);
if(mysql_num_rows($result))
{
//output as long as there are still available fields
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
echo ("<a href=\"$row[2]\">$row[3]</a>");
echo (": $row[4]<br>");
}
}
//if no fields exist
else
{
echo "no values in the database";
}

?>