Comparing two dates in blade.php file

Question

I have to compare two dates in a list.blade.php like

if today's date is greater than or equal to expiry date then do something else do something.

here is the code:

@php
use Carbon\Carbon;
$today_date = Carbon::today();
@endphp

@foreach ($entries as $k => $entry)
@if($today_date >= $entry->expire_date)
// do something
@else 
// do something
@endif
@endforeach

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD

But this is not working.

Please help

Thanks

EDIT:

I tried this:

<?php
    use Carbon\Carbon;
    $today_date = Carbon::now();

    foreach ($entries as $k => $entry) {
        $expire_date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $entry->expire_date);
    }
?>

and it gives me error like: image

One more thing expire_date is of text type in my database so this might be the problem.

Is the expire_date in a date time format in your database? And is it marked as a timestamp in your controller? — aynber, Aug 28 '17 at 12:57
how to convert the expire_date to date in blade file. Can you help a little — Himanshu Daswani, Aug 28 '17 at 13:04

Sreejith BS · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-31T09:45:12.873

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@php
    use Carbon\Carbon;
    $today_date = Carbon::now();

    foreach ($entries as $k => $entry) {
        $expire_date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $entry->expire_date);
        $data_difference = $today_date->diffInDays($expire_date, false);  //false param

        if($data_difference > 0) {
            //not expired
        }
        elseif($data_difference < 0) {
            //expired
        } else {
            //today
        }
    }

@endphp

The false parameter is optional and indicates if you want the return value to be the absolute value or a relative value that might have a - (negative) sign if the passed in date is less than the current instance. This will default to true, return the absolute value.

More here

edited Aug 31 '17 at 09:45

answered Aug 28 '17 at 13:24

Sreejith BS

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if i want to use this data_difference it is ignoring '-' sign while calculating the difference between two dates. So the if condition will not work. – Himanshu Daswani Aug 31 '17 at 08:46
Thank you sir, I cannot upvote your answer because my reputation is not enough to do so but that was so helpful. – Himanshu Daswani Aug 31 '17 at 10:32
Glad I could help. :) – Sreejith BS Aug 31 '17 at 10:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '17 at 13:04

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Use This => Carbon::now();

and format your date as your format(YYYY-MM-DD). Store that date in var and compare that var to expiry date.

There problem in your today_date format.

today_date give a date and time both.

answered Aug 28 '17 at 13:04

Divyesh Patel

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I tried Carbon::now but no success and can you please elaborate the second part of your answer with an example I am not able to get you when you are saying format of today_date – Himanshu Daswani Aug 28 '17 at 13:19
$today_date->format('YYYY-MM-DD') use this before using $today_date. Be sure that both date formate are same. – Divyesh Patel Aug 30 '17 at 04:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 28 '17 at 13:05

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Since expire_date is text, you'll need to convert it. Luckily, with Carbon, it's easy to do:

$expire_date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $entry->expire_date);

Then you can use it to compare

@if($today_date->gte($expire_date))

You may want to make sure that $expire_date is not null and does not throw any errors first. It would also be easier if you stored your dates in the database as a date or date time column, to make sure its always in a correct format, and you can also add it as a timestamp in your model, or apply Carbon as an accessor function.

answered Aug 28 '17 at 13:05

aynber

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this $expire_date is accessible outside php tags in a blade file? – Himanshu Daswani Aug 28 '17 at 13:20
Yes, as long as you set it within the blade file. Otherwise, you can convert it in your controller, or in your model with an accessor function. – aynber Aug 28 '17 at 13:21
you want me to try this? ` @php use Carbon\Carbon; $today_date = Carbon::now(); @endphp @foreach ($entries as $k => $entry) $expire_date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $entry->expire_date); @if($today_date->gte($expire_date)) // do something @else // do something @endif @endforeach – Himanshu Daswani Aug 28 '17 at 13:27
Yes, that should work, though the setting of $expire_date should be within the PHP tags as well. – aynber Aug 28 '17 at 13:43

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 29 '17 at 10:14

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You need to format your Cabon date object first to match the date(string) value from your DB data.

@if($today_date->format("Y-m-d") >= $entry->expire_date)

It gets printed because your PHP tag is wrong.. missing "?", should be <?PHP

answered Aug 29 '17 at 10:14

parpar

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is this correct then? `@php use Carbon\Carbon; $today_date = Carbon::now(); @foreach ($entries as $k => $entry) $expire_date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $entry->expire_date); $data_difference = $expire_date->diffInDays($today_date); @endforeach @endphp ` – Himanshu Daswani Aug 29 '17 at 12:47

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 26 '23 at 07:17

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@php
    use Carbon\Carbon;
    $today_date = Carbon::now();
    @foreach ($entries as $k => $entry)
@if($entry->expire_date < $today_date)
<p> Expired Date </p>
@else
<p> Expired</p>      
</p>
@endif
@endphp

edited Mar 26 '23 at 07:17

Fedor

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answered Mar 24 '23 at 19:57

yunus kibebu

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