PHP - Count number of days between 2 dates

Question

I am trying to write a function that can count the number of days between 2 dates. I currently have the below but it is giving me some unexpected results:

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Answer 1

please use date_diff function like this

<?php
$date1=date_create("2013-03-15");
$date2=date_create("2013-12-12");
$diff=date_diff($date1,$date2);
echo $diff->format("%R%a days");
?>

hope this helps you thanx.

Answer 2

You can also use this (for versions PHP 5.1.5 and above without using date_diff()):

function dayCount($from, $to) {
    $first_date = strtotime($from);
    $second_date = strtotime($to);
    $days_diff = $second_date - $first_date;
    return date('d',$days_diff);
}

print dayCount($s, $e).' Days';

Answer 3

Please use diff function for get days between two date.

$date1 = new DateTime("25-03-2016");
$date2 = new DateTime("01-04-2016");

echo $diff = $date2->diff($date1)->format("%a");