Datetime comparison PHP/Mysql?

Question

I\'m trying to make something like this:

if (datetime - system date > 15 minutes) (false)

if (datetime - system date          


        

Answer 1

You have a solution for MYSQL in other answers, a good solution for PHP is:-

$now = new \DateTime();
$target = new \DateTime(getTimeStringFromDB());
$minutes = ($target->getTimestamp() - $now->getTimestamp())/60;
if($minutes < 15){
    // Do some stuff
} else {
    //Do some other stuff
}