difference between 2 dates in terms of days

[ajoo]

Hi to all !

 

While i await some reply to my earlier query, here's another one - a simpler one perhaps but it has me baffled.

 The following is the code I tested on phpfiddle and it works great. Gives the correct time difference in  days. 

<?php
$date1 =date_create("2013-12-07");
$date2 = date("Y-m-d");
$date2 = date_create("$date2");
echo "<br>";
$Gap = date_diff($date1, $date2);
echo $Gap->format("%a days");
?>

However when i actually implement it on my localhost running version 5.3 of php i get the difference as a multiple of 6015. So if there is a 1 day difference, instead of getting 1, i get 6015. for 3 days i got 18045 which is 6015 * 3. I have tried but i am unable to figure it out.  Any suggestions anyone. 

 

Thanks.

[dalecosp]

It works fine here.

 

Have you done a var_dump at each stage of processing to see if something's funky?

 

<?php
 
/* Uncomment each commented line in turn and see what's up. */
 
$date1 =date_create("2013-12-07");
//var_dump($date1);exit;
$date2 = date("Y-m-d");
$date2 = date_create("$date2");
//var_dump($date2);exit;
echo "<br>";
$Gap = date_diff($date1, $date2);
//var_dump($Gap);exit;
echo $Gap->format("%a days");

 

Also, what system are you on?

Edited December 11, 2013 by dalecosp

[Barand]

You have some redundant code - what does this give?

$date1 = new DateTime("2013-12-07");
$date2 = new DateTime();
echo "<br>";
$Gap = date_diff($date1, $date2);
echo $Gap->format("%a") . ' days';

edit: BTW it isn't a MySQL problem - moving

Edited December 11, 2013 by Barand

[grissom]

There is a bug on windows platforms !!

 

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51184

[Barand]

I've never had that problem. The above code I posted gave

 

4 days

 

(OS = Windows 7, PHP version = 5.3.10)

[grissom]

From the bugs webpage I quoted, I found this at the bottom :

 

"it's a bug affecting VC6 builds only. If you are affected just get VC9 builds from http://windows.php.net/download/ - you will also most likely need a VC9 or VC10 build of Apache from http://www.apachelounge.com/download/

VC6 is very old, outdated and not supported anymore, it's easy enough and free to upgrade to newer builds"

 

So it looks like it affects some builds and not others     It's not a function I use myself, I use my own version of the function which I poached off the php website a loooong time ago 

[ajoo]

Thanks guys ! Well I too came across the fact that its a bug. Like I said it worked just fine on phpfiddle but not on my local host. Taking a wayaround. Thanks all.