How do I compare two DateTime objects in PHP 5.2.8?

Question

Having a look on the PHP documentation, the following two methods of the DateTime object would both seem to solve my problem:

• DateTime::diff : Get

Answer 1

As of PHP 7.x, you can use the following:

$aDate = new \DateTime('@'.(time()));
$bDate = new \DateTime('@'.(time() - 3600));

$aDate <=> $bDate; // => 1, `$aDate` is newer than `$bDate`