Question

i am implementing one application in which i have to display a time difference in total hour from end date to start date. suppose i have both start date and end date in timestamp.so how i will get the difference of date in total hour ?
now i am using the below code

 $intervalo = date_diff(date_create(), date_create($end));
    pr($intervalo);

and the output is like

DateInterval Object
(
    [y] => 0
    [m] => 1
    [d] => 4
    [h] => 18
    [i] => 41
    [s] => 2
    [invert] => 0
    [days] => 34
)

the above code show me the total hour baut the end date is greater then 1month it shows 1m in array . but i only want total number of hour only
can any one help me ?
thanks in advance

Answer 1

Don’t use date_diff. Convert the dates to timestamps (which represent seconds), subtract the two, and divide by 3600.

$x = date_create();
$y = date_create($end)
$hours = ($y->getTimestamp() - $x->getTimestamp()) / 3600;

If you want hours, minutes, and seconds:

$x = date_create();
$y = date_create($end)
$diff = ($y->getTimestamp() - $x->getTimestamp());

$seconds = $diff % 60;
$diff    = (int)($diff / 60);
$minutes = $diff % 60;
$diff    = (int)($diff / 60);
$hours   = $diff;