Showing posts with label PHP Date Subtraction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PHP Date Subtraction. Show all posts

Calculate difference between two Dates Using Php

For calculating the day difference between two dates using Php. we already have a function for this in Php which can give us the date difference, the Function Named as date_diff().

So, let's look into the PHP date_diff() function basics and what are the parameters required to for the execution of the PHP date_diff() function. 

Basic Syntax:
date_diff(datetime1, datetime2, absolute)


In PHP date_diff() function first, two parameters are required and the third one is optional.which accepts the boolean value and by default, it's 'False'.

Let's take example to see the difference between dates:


<?php
    $startdate = date_create("2020-03-24");
    $enddate = date_create("2020-04-22");
    $difference = date_diff($date1, $date2);
    echo $difference->format("%R%a days");
?>

Output:

+29 days