$today = date("Y-m-d");
$specialDayQuery = $db->prepare("SELECT * FROM specialDays WHERE specialday_date = ?");
$specialDayQuery->execute(array(
$today
));
if($specialDayQuery->rowCount() > 0){
$getSpecialDay = $specialDayQuery->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
echo($getSpecialDay["specialday_name"]);
}