Subtract some date and time from current date and time to find age in PHP

Question

Suppose I have a ticket $create_time = \"2016-08-02 12:35:04\". I want to subtract the $create_time from current date and time like $current_

Answer 1

You should use DateTime class.

$create_time = "2016-08-02 12:35:04";
$current_time="2016-08-02 16:16:02";

$dtCurrent = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $current_time);
$dtCreate = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $create_time);
$diff = $dtCurrent->diff($dtCreate);

echo $diff->format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%i");

This returns 00-0-0 03:40 See DateInterval::format for more formatting details.