check if current date is between two dates php code example

Example 1: php get date between two dates

$period = new DatePeriod(
     new DateTime('2010-10-01'),
     new DateInterval('P1D'),
     new DateTime('2010-10-05')
);

//Which should get you an array with DateTime objects. 

//To iterate

foreach ($period as $key => $value) {
    //$value->format('Y-m-d')       
}

Example 2: how to calculate days difference between two dates in php

// how to calculate days difference between two dates in laravel

use DateTime; // inside Controller Class

$startDate = new DateTime($request->start_date);
$endDate   = new DateTime($request->end_date);

$daysDifference = ($startDate->diff($endDate)->days);