difference between two dates in days php code example

Example 1: get hours difference between two dates in php

$hourdiff = round((strtotime($time1) - strtotime($time2))/3600, 1);

Example 2: php get day diff

$now = time(); // or your date as well
$your_date = strtotime("2010-01-31");
$datediff = $now - $your_date;

echo round($datediff / (60 * 60 * 24));

Example 3: find days with name between two dates in php

$from_date ='01-01-2013';
$to_date ='05-01-2013';

$from_date = new DateTime($from_date);
$to_date = new DateTime($to_date);

for ($date = $from_date; $date <= $to_date; $date->modify('+1 day')) {
  echo $date->format('l') . "\n";
}