Php Date subtract Date and print them custom format

Question

I have a db that I store update date as date("d-m-Y") I would like to subtrack another date from this date.

like 01-10-2015 - 04-07-2012

I would like to print result as ex 3 years 3 mounths and 3 days ago.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Here is Your need ,

<?php
   $date1 = new DateTime('04-07-2012'); // old date
   $date2 = new DateTime('01-10-2015'); // new date
   $interval = $date1->diff($date2); // date differ function
   echo $interval->format("%y years  %m months  %d days ago"); // formatting date 
?>

OUTPUT: 3 years 2 months 27 days ago

You can also refer : Date Time Difference