note 124966 added to function.date-diff

<?php /** * We suppose that PHP is configured in UTC * php.ini configuration: * [Date] * ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions * ; http://php.net/date.timezone * date.timezone = UTC * @link http://php.net/date.timezone */ /** * getDaysBetween2Dates * * Return the difference of days between $date1 and $date2 ($date1 - $date2) * if $absolute parameter is false, the return value is negative if $date2 is after than $date1 * * @param DateTime $date1 * @param DateTime $date2 * @param Boolean $absolute * = true * @return integer */ function getDaysBetween2Dates(DateTime $date1, DateTime $date2, $absolute = true) { $interval = $date2->diff($date1); // if we have to take in account the relative position (!$absolute) and the relative position is negative, // we return negatif value otherwise, we return the absolute value return (!$absolute and $interval->invert) ? - $interval->days : $interval->days; } echo '<h3>2020-03-01 - 2020-02-01: 29 days as it\'s a standard leap year</h3>'; echo getDaysBetween2Dates(new DateTime("2020-03-01"), new DateTime("2020-02-01"), false); echo '<h3>1900-03-01 - 1900-02-01: 28 days as it\'s a "standard" century</h3>'; echo getDaysBetween2Dates(new DateTime("1900-03-01"), new DateTime("1900-02-01"), false); echo '<h3>2000-03-01 - 2000-02-01: 29 days as it\'s a century multiple of 400: 2000=400x5</h3>'; echo getDaysBetween2Dates(new DateTime("2000-03-01"), new DateTime("2000-02-01"), false); echo '<h3>2020-03-01 - 2020-04-01: -28 days as 2020-03-01 is before 2020-04-01</h3>'; echo getDaysBetween2Dates(new DateTime("2020-02-01"), new DateTime("2020-03-01"), false); ?> ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.195 (proxied: 2a01:e0a:9:5390:acd2:b03a:152:f0d0) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124966 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124966/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124966/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124966/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124966/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124966/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124966/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124966 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124966 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php