Josh Sherman
The holidays are upon us so it’s time for my obligatory holidays themed post! Keep in mind that the title may say Christmas but you could apply this same logic to any holiday or date of your choosing.
$christmas = date('Y-12-25');
$today = date('Y-m-d');
echo (strtotime($christmas) - strtotime($today)) / 86400;
That’s all there is to it! This does happen to fall apart the day after the event, so if it’s a yearly recurring event, you will want to expand the logic a bit to check which year to use:
$christmas = date('Y-12-25');
$today = date('Y-m-d');
if ($today > $christmas) {
$christmas = date('Y-12-25', strtotime($christmas . ' +1 year'));
$date1 = $christmas;
$date2 = $today;
} else {
$date1 = $today;
$date2 = $christmas;
}
echo (strtotime($christmas) - strtotime($today)) / 86400;
Happy Holidays!!
