how to calculate date difference between two dates in laravel
//How to calculate date different between two dates in larevel
// METHOD-1
$date1 = new DateTime("2018-01-10 00:00:00");
$date2 = new DateTime("2019-05-18 01:23:45");
$difference = $date1->diff($date2);
$diffInSeconds = $difference->s; //45
$diffInMinutes = $difference->i; //23
$diffInHours = $difference->h; //8
$diffInDays = $difference->d; //21
$diffInMonths = $difference->m; //4
$diffInYears = $difference->y; //1
//or get Date difference as total difference
//METHOD-2
$d1 = strtotime("2018-01-10 00:00:00");
$d2 = strtotime("2019-05-18 01:23:45");
$totalSecondsDiff = abs($d1-$d2); //42600225
$totalMinutesDiff = $totalSecond