PHP Between X date and X Date break into periods of months - php

Question

Making a report:
User inputs 2 dates: E.G start:04-03-12 end: 15-06-12
$ROStartDateTimestamp = strtotime('04-03-12');
$ROStartDate = date('d/m/Y', $ROStartDateTimestamp);
$ROEndDateTimestamp = strtotime('15-06-12');
$ROEndDate = date('d/m/Y', $ROEndDateTimestamp);
I want to break the periods down into months.
How do I find out;
How many days are in the start month?
Whats the date of the last day in the start month?
How many days between start date and end of the month?
Thanks Heep's :)

Answer 1

You can loop it and create an array that later can be used with count or array_sum.
I create a multidimensional array with year month and day of all days between the start and end.
$start = strtotime('04-03-12');
$end = strtotime('15-06-12');
For($i = $start; $i<=$end;){
List($y, $m, $d) = explode(" ", date("Y m d", $i));
$arr[$y][$m][$d] = 1;
$i += 86400;
}
Var_dump($arr);
The same thing can be done with DateTime but it's usually heavier to use, that is why I use strtotime.
https://3v4l.org/1m8aM

Answer 2

$ROStartDateTimestamp = strtotime('04-03-12');
$ROStartDate = date('d/m/Y', $ROStartDateTimestamp);
$ROEndDateTimestamp = strtotime('15-06-12');
$ROEndDate = date('d/m/Y', $ROEndDateTimestamp);
//To find month in start date:
$ROMonthofStartDate = date('m',$ROStartDateTimestamp);
//To find year in start date:
$ROYearofStartDate = date('Y',$ROStartDateTimestamp);
//To find number of days in a month:
$numDaysInMonthofStartDate=cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN,$ROMonthofStartDate,$ROYearofStartDate);
//To find last date of month:
$lastDateInMonthofStartDate=date('Y-m-t',$ROStartDateTimestamp);
$lastDateTimestamp = strtotime($lastDateInMonthofStartDate);
//To find number of days from start date to the end of month:
$numDaysFromStartToEndDate = round( ($lastDateTimestamp-$ROStartDateTimestamp) / (60 * 60 * 24));
echo $numDaysFromStartToEndDate;