find difference between two date using php

find difference between two date using php

In This Post we are writing tutorial for finding difference between two date using php.
We can find difference between two date easily in php using some pre define functions.

<?php 
$date1 = "1999-06-19";
$date2 = "2016-01-27";
$diff = abs(strtotime($date2) - strtotime($date1));
$years = floor($diff / (365*60*60*24));
$months = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24) / (30*60*60*24));
$days = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24 - $months*30*60*60*24)/ (60*60*24));

echo "Year = ".$years." Month = ".$months." Days= ".$days;

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Output is look like that

Years = 16 Months = 07 Days = 16