phpdatetimeseconds

Convert DateInterval object to seconds in php

$datetime1 = date_create('2009-10-11');
$datetime2 = date_create('2009-10-13');
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);

How do i convert the above $interval to seconds in php

Solution

  • There is a function format for this. But it wont return the number of seconds. To get number of seconds you use this technique

    $seconds = abs($datetime1->getTimestamp()-$datetime2->getTimestamp());

    If you really want to use $interval you need to calculate it. 

    $seconds = $interval->days*86400 + $interval->h*3600 
           + $interval->i*60 + $interval->s;

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