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php compare two dates

$today = date("Y-m-d");
$expire = $row->expireDate; //from database

$today_time = strtotime($today);
$expire_time = strtotime($expire);

if ($expire_time < $today_time) { /* do Something */ }

php time difference in hours

date_default_timezone_set("Africa/Johannesburg");
    $now = new DateTime();
    $future_date = new DateTime('2020-10-21 00:00:00');
    
    $interval = $future_date->diff($now);
    
    echo ($interval->format("%a") * 24) + $interval->format("%h"). " hours". $interval->format(" %i minutes ");
    print_r($now->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'));