diff in days two dates php code example

Example 1: how to calculate days between two dates in php

<?php
function dateDifference($start_date, $end_date)
{
    // calulating the difference in timestamps 
    $diff = strtotime($start_date) - strtotime($end_date);
     
    // 1 day = 24 hours 
    // 24 * 60 * 60 = 86400 seconds
    return ceil(abs($diff / 86400));
}
 
// start date 
$start_date = "2016-01-02";
 
// end date 
$end_date = "2016-01-21";
 
// call dateDifference() function to find the number of days between two dates
$dateDiff = dateDifference($start_date, $end_date);
 
echo "Difference between two dates: " . $dateDiff . " Days ";
?>

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);