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Get Time Difference Between Two Date Using PHP

Submitted by razormist on Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 21:30.
In this tutorial we will create a Get Time Difference Between Two Date using PHP. The code will automatically calculate the time between the two given date. This is a user-friendly kind of program feel free to modify it. To learn more about this tutorial, just follow the step below.

Getting Started:

First you have to download & install XAMPP or any local server that run PHP scripts. Here's the link for XAMPP server https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html. And, this is the link for the bootstrap that i used for the layout design https://getbootstrap.com/.

Creating The Interface

This is where we will create a simple form for our application. To create the forms simply copy and write it into your text editor, then save it as index.php.
  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html lang="en">
  3.         <head>
  4.                 <meta charset="UTF-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
  5.                 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css"/>
  6.         </head>
  7. <body>
  8.         <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
  9.                 <div class="container-fluid">
  10.                         <a class="navbar-brand">Sourcecodester</a>
  11.                 </div>
  12.         </nav>
  13.         <div class="col-md-3"></div>
  14.         <div class="col-md-6 well">
  15.                 <h3 class="text-primary">Get Time Difference Between Two Date Using PHP</h3>
  16.                 <hr style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"/>
  17.                
  18.                 <form action="" method="POST">
  19.                         <div class="col-md-6">
  20.                                 <div class="form-group">
  21.                                         <label>Date 1</label>
  22.                                         <input type="date" name="date1" class="form-control"/>
  23.                                 </div>
  24.                                 <div class="form-group">
  25.                                         <label>Date 2</label>
  26.                                         <input type="date" name="date2" class="form-control"/>
  27.                                 </div>
  28.                                 <br />
  29.                                 <center><button class="btn btn-primary" name="calculate">Calculate</button></center>
  30.                         </div>
  31.                         <div class="col-md-6">
  32.                                 <?php include 'get_diff.php'?>
  33.                         </div>
  34.                        
  35.                 </form>
  36.         </div>
  37. </body>
  38. </html>

Creating the Main Function

This code contains the main function of the application. This code will find the difference between two date. To make this just copy and write these block of codes below inside the text editor, then save it as get_diff.php
  1. <?php
  2.         if(ISSET($_POST["calculate"])) {
  3.                 $date1 = strtotime($_POST['date1']);
  4.                 $date2 = strtotime($_POST['date2']);
  5.                 $diff = abs($date2 - $date1)/3600;
  6.                
  7.                 echo "<center><h5><i class='text-primary'>".$diff."</i> number hours between 2 dates</h5></center>";           
  8.         }
  9. ?>
There you have it we successfully created Get Time Difference Between Two Date using PHP. I hope that this simple tutorial help you to what you are looking for. For more updates and tutorials just kindly visit this site. Enjoy Coding!
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