note 126177 added to function.date-diff

PHP is usually relaxed when it comes to data types however that is not the case with date and time. If all you need to do is compare a string date against today's date you need to do the following: <?php //Create a date object out of a string (e.g. from a database): $date1 = date_create_from_format('Y-m-d', '2026-05-10'); //Create a date object out of today's date: $date2 = date_create_from_format('Y-m-d', date('Y-m-d')); //Create a comparison of the two dates and store it in an array: $diff = (array) date_diff($date1, $date2); //Output the array: echo '<pre>'.print_r($diff,1).'</pre>'; ?> This will output the following: Array ( [y] => 4 [m] => 10 [d] => 22 [h] => 0 [i] => 0 [s] => 0 [f] => 0 [weekday] => 0 [weekday_behavior] => 0 [first_last_day_of] => 0 [invert] => 1 [days] => 1787 [special_type] => 0 [special_amount] => 0 [have_weekday_relative] => 0 [have_special_relative] => 0 ) So you can simply use: <?php echo $diff['days']; ?> ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.112.85.242 (proxied: 154.21.22.124) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/126177 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126177/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126177/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126177/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126177/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126177/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126177/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126177 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/126177 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php