How to compare two dates in php

Question

How to compare two dates in php if dates are in format \'03_01_12\' and \'31_12_11\' .

I am using this code:

$date1=date(\'         


        

Answer 1

you can try something like:

        $date1 = date_create('2014-1-23'); // format of yyyy-mm-dd
        $date2 = date_create('2014-2-3'); // format of yyyy-mm-dd
        $dateDiff = date_diff($date1, $date2);
        var_dump($dateDiff);

You can then access the difference in days like this $dateDiff->d;