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Get time left between dates in days, hours and minutes with PHP
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| function getTimeLeft($startDate) | |
| { | |
| $now = new DateTime(); | |
| $then = new DateTime($startDate); | |
| $timeLeft = 0; | |
| // Only calculate time left if $then is still a future date | |
| if ($now < $then) { | |
| $difference = $now->diff($then); | |
| $days = $difference->days; | |
| $hours = $difference->h; | |
| $minutes = $difference->i; | |
| if ($days > 1) { | |
| $timeLeft = $days .' days'; | |
| } elseif ($days == 1) { | |
| $timeLeft = $days .' day'; | |
| } elseif ($days < 1) { | |
| if ($hours > 1) { | |
| $timeLeft = $hours .' hours'; | |
| } elseif ($hours == 1) { | |
| $timeLeft = $hours .' hour'; | |
| } elseif ($hours < 1) { | |
| if ($minutes > 1) { | |
| $timeLeft = $minutes .' minutes'; | |
| } elseif ($minutes == 1) { | |
| $timeLeft = $minutes .' minute'; | |
| } elseif ($minutes < 1) { | |
| $timeLeft = 0; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return $timeLeft; | |
| } |
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