Resolved DateTime function in PHP 5.2.17

[tomharto]

I have this code in my script

PHP Code:

$date1 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['start']);
    $date2 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['end']);
    $interval = $date1->diff($date2);
    $daysDifference = $interval->d; 


Which works on my localhost (PHP 5.3.1). However my web server only has PHP 5.2.17. Is there any other function i could use? All i need to do is get how many days difference there is between 2 dates.

EDIT: Turns out its just the diff function that does work. Fixed it by using

PHP Code:

$date1 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['start']);
$date2 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['end']);
$daysDifference = round(abs($date2->format('U') - $date1->format('U')) / (60*60*24)); 


[Fou-Lu]

Yeah, 5.3 introduced the DateInterval which is used with the datetime::diff, datetime::add and datetime::sub. I don't know why they didn't just make an extended datetime or through the burden statically to the dateinterval, but yeah just look for the DateInterval signature in any DateTime methods; those ones will all require 5.3+ to run.

[gt3240]

Originally Posted by tomharto

I have this code in my script

PHP Code:

$date1 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['start']);
    $date2 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['end']);
    $interval = $date1->diff($date2);
    $daysDifference = $interval->d; 


Which works on my localhost (PHP 5.3.1). However my web server only has PHP 5.2.17. Is there any other function i could use? All i need to do is get how many days difference there is between 2 dates.

EDIT: Turns out its just the diff function that does work. Fixed it by using

PHP Code:

$date1 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['start']);
$date2 = new DateTime($Date['ori']['end']);
$daysDifference = round(abs($date2->format('U') - $date1->format('U')) / (60*60*24)); 


Thanks for the tip, really helped me out. Can you tell me how to show up to the seconds?

Thanks in advance.