Date Difference in php on days?

php date datediff
mysqllearner picture mysqllearner · Dec 21, 2009 · Viewed 267k times · Source

Is there a quick way to calculate date difference in php? For example:

$date1 = '2009-11-12 12:09:08';
$date2 = '2009-12-01 08:20:11';

And then do a calculation, $date2 minus $date1

I read php.net documentation, but no luck. Is there a quick way to do it?

Answer

adam picture adam · Jul 26, 2012

I would recommend to use date->diff function, as in example below:

   $dStart = new DateTime('2012-07-26');
   $dEnd  = new DateTime('2012-08-26');
   $dDiff = $dStart->diff($dEnd);
   echo $dDiff->format('%r%a'); // use for point out relation: smaller/greater

see http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php

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