Days spent between now and n date [PHP]

Question

Okay! so we all have seen how to get days remaining between NOW and a DATE in the future Like I have in my simple code below:

SAY: $endate = a date in future (5 days from today);

$start =  new DateTime();
$end = new DateTime($enddate);
$diff = $end->diff($start)->format('%a');
$days = intval($diff);
 
echo $days.'Days Remaining'; // 5 days Remaining

The above PHP Code is expected to show you how many days are left between NOW and the FUTURE DATE.

But what I want is the reverse of this situation. That is.

instead of having

5 Days Remaining

I need some thing like

0 Day(s) Spent //where today is day 0 of 5

You need to pass fix date in Start Date and Current Date in End Date — KHIMAJI VALUKIYA, Dec 14 '21 at 12:05
I am not totally sure what you are asking now I look again. Please give us some example dates for Start and End dates, and the answer you want based on those dates — RiggsFolly, Dec 14 '21 at 12:10
@KHIMAJIVALUKIYA, Your comment is appreciated. I think that's what I just need. the end date should be the current date. — DigitalBraine, Dec 14 '21 at 12:26

WiatroBosy · Answer 1 · 2021-12-14T12:25:24.453

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$start = new DateTime("2021-12-14");

$now = new DateTime();

$now_diff = $now->diff($start)->format("%a");

print_r($now_diff .' Day(s) Spent');

Finding the number of days between two dates

edited Dec 14 '21 at 12:25

answered Dec 14 '21 at 12:12

WiatroBosy

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when you have it like this. it says (3 days) today, tomorrow, it says 3 days... and the day after, it says 3 days. What I want is 0 day if it's today, then tomorrow, it will be 1 day, next tomorrow, will be 2 days up until the $later date is reached – DigitalBraine Dec 14 '21 at 12:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '21 at 12:36

CLUE TO ANSWER PROVIDED BY @KHIMAJI VALUKIYA in comment

The trick here is to set the start date not as current date but the actual date to start counting/calculating from. Then the end date should be set to the current date.

$start =  new DateTime($enddate); //date to start counting from
$end = new DateTime(); //current date
$diff = $end->diff($start)->format('%a');
$days = intval($diff);
echo $days.'Days Spent'; // 5 Days Spent

Days spent between now and n date [PHP]

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