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php date function ( diffrence between two dates )

Dear Experts,

I'd like to find the time duration in days and months between two dates.

I have two dates

echo $today = date('Y-m-d');
echo "<br>";
echo $seconddate =  "2017-10-18";
echo "<br>";
echo $diffrence = ($seconddate - $today);

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but it doesn't work. what should I do?

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BRDigital MarketingAsked: 2017-03-27

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ThomasCommented: 2017-03-27

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

If you cast both dates to a DateTime, you can use the Diff method to calculate the difference between 2 dates.

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SniperCode ShevaCommented: 2017-03-27

Hello, try this:

<?php
$date1 = "now";
$date2 = "2017-10-18";

$diff = abs(strtotime($date2) - strtotime($date1));

$years = floor($diff / (365*60*60*24));
$months = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24) / (30*60*60*24));
$days = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24 - $months*30*60*60*24)/ (60*60*24));

printf("%d years, %d months, %d days\n", $years, $months, $days);
?>

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BRDigital MarketingAuthor Commented: 2017-03-27

thank you SniperCode Sheva

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SniperCode ShevaCommented: 2017-03-27

You are welcome.

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Ray PaseurCommented: 2017-03-27

The correct answer here is the first comment from Thomas. It's an anti-practice to write your own date/time arithmetic, especially because it will often be wrong in months that do not have 30 days, in leap years, or across daylight savings time. Instead use the built-in PHP functionality.

You can learn more about the ways we handle date/time values in this article.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/20920/Handling-Time-and-Date-in-PHP-and-MySQL-OOP-Version.html

You can get better answers here at E-E if you search the articles first, and if you leave your questions open a bit longer. I would recommend leaving your questions open for at least 24 hours.

I do not recommend using the accepted solution in a deployed application.

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BRDigital MarketingAuthor Commented: 2017-03-27

Thank you Ray Paseur
You are right
Thank you very much

I will use the first answer