php query date range between two dates 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: 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";
}