August 26, 2013
How to check date range more than 6 months in php?
Oscar’s Question:
What I want to do is check the date range cannot more than 6 months, else will return false
here is my sample code
<?php
$date_string1 = "2013-01-01";
$date_string2 = "2013-08-01";
$date1 = date('Y-m-d',strtotime($date_string1));
$date2 = date('Y-m-d',strtotime($date_string2));
if ($date1 and $date2 range more than 6 months, so will){
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
?>
here is my GUI
Any idea how to solve my problem? thanks
$date1 = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', "2013-01-01");
$date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', "2013-08-01");
$interval = $date1->diff($date2);
$diff = $interval->format('%m');
if($diff > 6){
echo 'false';
}else{
echo 'true';
}
You can use DateTime class and calculate interval based on months:
$begin = new DateTime( '2013-01-01' );
$end = new DateTime( '2013-08-01' );
$interval = $begin -> diff($end);
if($interval -> m < 6) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
A simple airthmatic way is this
if ((strtotime('2013-01-01')-strtotime('2013-08-01')) < 5184000){
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
