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title: "How can we know the number of days between two given dates using PHP?"  
description: "How can we know the number of days between two given dates using PHP?"  
author: "Chris Anderson"  
published: 2011-09-17  
updated: 2020-09-17  
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# How can we know the number of days between two given dates using PHP?

Simple arithmetic:\
\
$date1 = date('Y-m-d');\
$date2 = '2006-07-01';\
$days = (strtotime() - strtotime()) / (60 * 60 * 24);\
echo "Number of days since '2006-07-01': $days";

## Answers

### Answer by Chris Anderson

Simple arithmetic:\
\
$date1 = date('Y-m-d');\
$date2 = '2006-07-01';\
$days = (strtotime() - strtotime()) / (60 * 60 * 24);\
echo "Number of days since '2006-07-01': $days";


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