Display this birthdays this month

[KatieG]

Hi

I am trying to display this months birthdays , I have this so far but displays no birthdays this month.. When I know there are,, can anyone help me...

$file = "connect.php";
if( file_exists( $file ) ) {
    require $file;

$result = mysql_query("SELECT username,birthday FROM user  WHERE MONTH(birthday) = MONTH(NOW())");
    if( mysql_num_rows( $result ) != 0 ) {
        while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {


            echo $row['username'];
            echo "<br />";
            echo $row['birthday'];
            echo "<br />----------<br />";
        }
    }else{
        echo "No Birthdays<br />This Month";
    }

}else{
    die("File $file does not exist");
}