How to calculate different between two date()?

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How to calculate the difference between two dates using PHP?

I have two time in this format: date("Y-m-d H:i:s"). How can I calculate different between these two time?

one of this times is time of now and other time is time that saved in a session few second ago — Ehsan, Jul 02 '12 at 14:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '12 at 14:06

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Use the DateTime class and the diff method.

answered Jul 02 '12 at 14:06

Daniel Ribeiro

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '12 at 14:08

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Try this:

<?php
    $datetime1 = date_create($start);
    $datetime2 = date_create($end);
    $interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
    return $interval->format('%a'); //returns the number of days
?>

answered Jul 02 '12 at 14:08

Ignas

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The answer below has the links to the documentation. – Ignas Jul 02 '12 at 14:17

How to calculate different between two date()?

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