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I am preparing a small php attendance script which will record the time and date of given user.

I am trying to display a message that if person is LATE after given time php to display a message you are late

$CURRENTTIME = new DateTime($data['current_time']);
$CURRENTTIME = $CURRENTTIME->format('H:i:s');
$OFFICETIME  = new DateTime('10:20:00');
$OFFICETIME = $OFFICETIME->format('H:i:s');

var_dump($CURRENTTIME);
var_dump($OFFICETIME);

if ($CURRENTTIM > $OFFICETIME) {
   echo 'you are late tody';
}  else {
   echo 'Thank you for being on time';
}

also i wanted to learn the code if i need a result in between time? let say i need to display result if employee is in between 10:00:00 - 10:30:00

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DateTime objects are comparable so no need to compare their formatted strings. Just compare the objects themselves.

    $CURRENTTIME = new DateTime($data['current_time']);
    $OFFICETIME  = new DateTime('10:20:00');

    if ($CURRENTTIME  > $OFFICETIME) {
       echo 'you are late tody';
    }  else {
       echo 'Thank you for being on time';
   }

See this answer for how to see if a time is between two times. It's pretty much the same concept.

Sidenote: There was a typo in your code. $CURRENTTIM which should read as $CURRENTTIME.

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