Calculate time different in minute and second

Question

i try to compare 2 datetime and get the different in minutes and second and after i refer this topic How to get time difference in minutes in PHP yes that code can show the different but in minute:

$to_time = strtotime("2008-12-13 18:42:00");
$from_time = strtotime("2008-12-13 18:41:58");

echo round(abs($to_time - $from_time) / 60,2). " minute";

so how to show in minute and second from above code? My php version is 5.2.17 .

Answer 1

$minutes = round(abs($to_time - $from_time) / 60,2);
$seconds = abs($to_time - $from_time) % 60;

echo "$minutes minute, $seconds seconds";

Answer 2

Alternatively using the DateTime class for PHP >= 5.3:-

$to_time = new \DateTime('2008-12-13 18:42:00');
$from_time = new \DateTime('2008-12-13 18:41:58');
$diff = $from_time->diff($to_time);
echo $diff->format('%i Minutes %s Seconds');

Note: `$diff' will be an instance of DateInterval.

Or, slightly more concise, but less readable:-

$to_time = new \DateTime('2008-12-13 18:42:00');
$from_time = new \DateTime('2008-12-13 18:41:58');

echo $to_time->diff($from_time)->format('%i Minutes %s Seconds');