How to compare two dates in php

Question

How to compare two dates in php if dates are in format \'03_01_12\' and \'31_12_11\' .

I am using this code:

$date1=date(\'         


        

Answer 1

Don't know what your problem is but:

function date_compare($d1, $d2)
{
    $d1 = explode('_', $d1);
    $d2 = explode('_', $d2);
    
    $d1 = array_reverse($d1);
    $d2 = array_reverse($d2);
    
    if (strtotime(implode('-', $d1)) > strtotime(implode('-', $d2)))
    {
        return $d2;
    }
    else
    {
        return $d1;
    }
}

Answer 2

Not answering the OPs actual problem, but answering just the title. Since this is the top result for "comparing dates in php".

Pretty simple to use Datetime Objects (php >= 5.3.0) and Compare them directly

$date1 = new DateTime("2009-10-11");
$date2 = new DateTime("tomorrow"); // Can use date/string just like strtotime.
var_dump($date1 < $date2);

Answer 3

<?php
       $expiry_date = "2017-12-31 00:00:00"
       $today = date('d-m-Y',time()); 
       $exp = date('d-m-Y',strtotime($expiry_date));
       $expDate =  date_create($exp);
       $todayDate = date_create($today);
       $diff =  date_diff($todayDate, $expDate);
       if($diff->format("%R%a")>0){
             echo "active";
       }else{
           echo "inactive";
       }
       echo "Remaining Days ".$diff->format("%R%a days");
?>

Answer 4

you can try something like:

        $date1 = date_create('2014-1-23'); // format of yyyy-mm-dd
        $date2 = date_create('2014-2-3'); // format of yyyy-mm-dd
        $dateDiff = date_diff($date1, $date2);
        var_dump($dateDiff);

You can then access the difference in days like this $dateDiff->d;

Answer 5

I know this is late, but for future reference, put the date format into a recognised format by using str_replace then your function will work. (replace the underscore with a dash)

//change the format to dashes instead of underscores, then get the timestamp
$date1 = strtotime(str_replace("_", "-",$date1));
$date2 = strtotime(str_replace("_", "-",$date2));

//compare the dates
if($date1 < $date2){
   //convert the date back to underscore format if needed when printing it out.
   echo '1 is small='.$date1.','.date('d_m_y',$date1);
}else{
   echo '2 is small='.$date2.','.date('d_m_y',$date2);
}

Answer 6

If both dates are in the same format then use a comparison operator.

$date1 = "2018-05-05"; 
$date2 = "2019-08-19"; 

//comparison operator to  

if ($date1 > $date2) {
    echo "$date1 is latest than $date2"; 
    }
else{
    echo "$date1 is older than $date2"; 
    }

Output: 2018-05-05 is older than 2019-08-19