Calculate number of days remaining [duplicate]

Answer 1

  $date1 = new DateTime("2016-01-01");  //current date or any date
  $date2 = new DateTime("2016-12-31");   //Future date
  $diff = $date2->diff($date1)->format("%a");  //find difference
  $days = intval($diff);   //rounding days
  echo $days;
  //it return 365 days omitting current day