PHP convert datetime to seconds

Question

I have a datetime value in mysql \'2010-12-08 16:12:12\'
that I\'d like to get the seconds to that date using PHP,
so basically a PHP

Answer 1

<?php

$date1 = new DateTime("2010-12-08 16:12:12");
$now = new DateTime();

$difference_in_seconds = $date1->format('U') - $now->format('U');

->format('U') turns it into a unix timestamp.

Answer 2

huh ? these function are from mysql ...

For PHP, you replace it using strtotime

$diff = strtotime('2010-12-08 16:12:12')-time();

details : http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php

Answer 3

Use mktime()

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php

Answer 4

try

$time_diff = time() - strtotime('2010-12-08 16:12:12');