Calculating the amount of time between the two timestamps

Question

XML File;

 <programme channel="cnn.info" start="20131027060000" stop="20131027061500">
 <title>hello CONTENT</title>
 <premiere/></programme>

"Start" & "stop" (in xml) should be done to calculate the time difference between clocks?

For example:

Title: hello.. 
Time:left 24 minutes

xml file with the data in the calculation of the time, how can be done?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '13 at 11:01

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Should be aiming for something like this:

$string = <<<XML
 <programme channel="cnn.info" start="20131027060000" stop="20131027061500">
 <title>hello CONTENT</title>
 <premiere/></programme>
XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);

$start = $xml->attributes()->start;
$stop = $xml->attributes()->stop;
$title = $xml->title;
$datetime1 = new DateTime($start);
$datetime2 = new DateTime($stop);
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
echo "Title: " . $title . "\n";
echo $interval->format('Time left: %i minutes');

Output:

Title: hello CONTENT
Time left: 15 minutes

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answered Oct 28 '13 at 11:01

Ben Fortune

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PHP is not in the XML data file.. XML File is here: http://tvprofil.net/xmltv/data/cnn.info/weekly_cnn.info_tvprofil.net.xml – bitmez4 Oct 28 '13 at 18:17
Then you'd use simplexml_load_file instead of the string... – Ben Fortune Oct 30 '13 at 09:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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$xml = simplexml_load_file("filename.xml");

echo $xml->programme->title . "<br />";
echo "Time: left" . $time_left;

$time_left will be the stop date minus the start date, then convert it to a php date.

Also read this topic: Php get how many days and hours left from a date

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Oct 28 '13 at 10:51

Joran Den Houting

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Calculating the amount of time between the two timestamps

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