Question

I want to calculate the difference between two dates in php. I am trying with the following code, here I am getting the above error. How to solve this one?

<?php
      date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Calcutta');
$date1  = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');    //2012-03-10 17:58:52
$date2 = 2013-07-03  10:25:50;
$difference = (strtotime($date2) – strtotime($date1)) / (60*60*24);  
      echo "date is".$difference ;  ?>

I need the differece with both date and time. Where is the problem giving error?
If I try like this,
$difference = abs(strtotime($date2) – strtotime($date1));
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE
Thanks.

Answer 1

Here is your solution, I have change the code for you.

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Calcutta');
$date1=strtotime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s'));    //2012-03-10 17:58:52
$date2=strtotime("2013-07-03 10:25:50");
$diff=($date2-$date1)/(60*60*24);

 echo "<BR>date is".date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$diff); 

It is working for me try yourself and check it.