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Split CarbonPeriod into days (PHP)

I have this CarbonPeriod with start 2025-06-09 19:00 and end 2025-06-11 11:00. What I want is an array of the days with start and end date. So basicly an array like this, possibly with new CarbonPeriods:

[
  [
    'start' => 2025-06-09 19:00:00
    'end' => 2025-06-09 23:59:59:9999
  ],
  [
    'start' => 2025-06-10 00:00:00
    'end' => 2025-06-10 23:59:59:9999
  ],
  [
    'start' => 2025-06-11 00:00:00
    'end' => 2025-06-11 11:00:00
  ]
]

What is the best way to achieve this?

EDIT:

Iterating over the CarbonPeriod won't work, because it will use the time of the first item in all items:

[
  ['date' => 2025-06-09 19:00:00]
  ['date' => 2025-06-10 19:00:00]
  ['date' => 2025-06-11 19:00:00]
]
Solution 
  • use Carbon\Carbon;
use Carbon\CarbonPeriod;

$start = Carbon::parse('2025-06-09 19:00');
$end = Carbon::parse('2025-06-11 11:00');

$days = [];
$current = $start->copy();

while ($current->lessThan($end)) {
    $dayStart = $current->copy();
    if ($current->isSameDay($end)) {
       
        $dayEnd = $end->copy();
    } else {
       
        $dayEnd = $current->copy()->endOfDay();
    }
    $days[] = CarbonPeriod::create($dayStart, $dayEnd);
    $current = $dayEnd->copy()->addSecond();
}