Get difference between two dates in days

Hi there

Got the example from here: http://runnable.com/Umo8HFk2lxM6AAE6/get-the-difference-between-two-dates-with-date_diff-function-for-php

But I want to share my own example as well.

$kickoff_date = '2014/06/12';
$kickoff_date = date_create($kickoff_date);
$now = date_create(date('Y-m-d', time()));

$remaining =  date_diff($kickoff_date, $now);

Var_dump'ing this $remaining object would give you the following output:

object(DateInterval)[475]
public 'y' => int 0
public 'm' => int 4
public 'd' => int 7
public 'h' => int 0
public 'i' => int 0
public 's' => int 0
public 'invert' => int 1
public 'days' => int 127

From here you can construct your output to suit your needs:

echo $remaining->m .' months and '. $remaining->d .' days left';

or

echo $remaining->days .' days left';