Current date is between two dates

// how to calculate days difference between two dates in laravel

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use DateTime; // inside Controller Class

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$startDate = new DateTime($request->start_date);

$endDate   = new DateTime($request->end_date);

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$daysDifference = ($startDate->diff($endDate)->days);

$firstDate = "2019-01-01";

$secondDate = "2020-03-04";

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$dateDifference = abs(strtotime($secondDate) - strtotime($firstDate));

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$years  = floor($dateDifference / (365 * 60 * 60 * 24));

$months = floor(($dateDifference - $years * 365 * 60 * 60 * 24) / (30 * 60 * 60 * 24));

$days   = floor(($dateDifference - $years * 365 * 60 * 60 * 24 - $months * 30 * 60 * 60 *24) / (60 * 60 * 24));

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echo $years." year,  ".$months." months and ".$days." days";

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//output: 1 year, 2 months and 3 days

$date1 = "2007-03-24";

$date2 = "2009-06-26";

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$diff = abs(strtotime($date2) - strtotime($date1));

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$years = floor($diff / (365*60*60*24));

$months = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24) / (30*60*60*24));

$days = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24 - $months*30*60*60*24)/ (60*60*24));

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printf("%d years, %d months, %d days\n", $years, $months, $days);

phpCopy$firstDate = "2019-01-01";

$secondDate = "2020-03-04";

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$dateDifference = abs(strtotime($secondDate) - strtotime($firstDate));

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$years  = floor($dateDifference / (365 * 60 * 60 * 24));

$months = floor(($dateDifference - $years * 365 * 60 * 60 * 24) / (30 * 60 * 60 * 24));

$days   = floor(($dateDifference - $years * 365 * 60 * 60 * 24 - $months * 30 * 60 * 60 *24) / (60 * 60 * 24));

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echo $years." year,  ".$months." months and ".$days." days";

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//output: 1 year, 2 months and 3 days

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/**

 * takes two dates and returns an array of dates between them

 * 

 * @param date1 The start date of the period.

 * @param date2 The end date of the period.

 * @param format The format of the date you want to display.

 * 

 * @return array array of dates between the two dates.

*/

function displayDatePeriod( $date1, $date2 , $format = "Y-m-d"){

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    $periodArray = [];

    $period = 

      new \DatePeriod(

      new \DateTime($date1),

      new \DateInterval('P1D'),

      new \DateTime($date2)

    );

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    foreach ($period as $key => $value) {

      $periodArray[] = $value->format($format) ;      

    }

    $periodArray[] = $date2 ;

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    return $periodArray;

}

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$period = new DatePeriod(

     new DateTime('2010-10-01'),

     new DateInterval('P1D'),

     new DateTime('2010-10-05')

);

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//Which should get you an array with DateTime objects. 

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//To iterate

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foreach ($period as $key => $value) {

    //$value->format('Y-m-d')       

}