Carbon diff - PHP

Carbon diff is a PHP package that allows you to calculate the difference between two dates and times using the Carbon library.

Installation

You can install Carbon diff using Composer. Just run the following command:

composer require kamranahmedse/carbon-diff

Usage

To calculate the difference between two dates and times, you need to create two DateTime objects using Carbon library and pass them to the CarbonDiff class. The CarbonDiff class will return the difference between the two dates and times in a human-readable format.

use Carbon\Carbon;
use CarbonDiff\CarbonDiff;

$datetime1 = Carbon::create(2022, 01, 01, 10, 00, 00);
$datetime2 = Carbon::now();

$diff = new CarbonDiff($datetime1, $datetime2);
echo $diff->forHumans(); // "9 months ago"

Available Methods

forHumans() - Returns the difference between two dates and times in a human-readable format.

echo $diff->forHumans(); // "9 months ago"

inYears() - Returns the difference between two dates and times in years.

echo $diff->inYears(); // 0

inMonths() - Returns the difference between two dates and times in months.

echo $diff->inMonths(); // 9

inWeeks() - Returns the difference between two dates and times in weeks.

echo $diff->inWeeks(); // 38

inDays() - Returns the difference between two dates and times in days.

echo $diff->inDays(); // 266

inHours() - Returns the difference between two dates and times in hours.

echo $diff->inHours(); // 6384

inMinutes() - Returns the difference between two dates and times in minutes.

echo $diff->inMinutes(); // 383040

Conclusion

Carbon diff is a useful package for calculating the difference between two dates and times using the Carbon library. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface and returns the difference in a human-readable format. If you're working with dates and times in your PHP projects, Carbon diff is definitely a package worth checking out.