How To Count Days Between Two Dates in Laravel

There are so many different methods to count days between two dates in Laravel. In this article, We will use carbon for that. Also, Laravel uses carbon for Datetime.

What is Carbon in Laravel?

Carbon is a simple API extension of DateTime. Carbon makes it easy to get DateTime. Also, There are multiple methods to get data like specific timezone date, today date, yesterday, and many other methods. You can check it out.

How To Count Days Between Two Dates in Laravel

Here are some examples of count days between two dates in Laravel.

1. Count Days Between Two Dates in Laravel

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class DateController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $toDate = Carbon::parse("2022-11-20");
        $fromDate = Carbon::parse("2022-11-24");
  
        return $toDate->diffInDays($fromDate);  
    }
}

2. Count Months Between Two Dates in Laravel

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class DateController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $toDate = Carbon::parse("2022-01-01");
        $fromDate = Carbon::parse("2022-11-01");
  
        return $toDate->diffInMonths($fromDate);  
    }
}

3. Count Years Between Two Dates in Laravel

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class DateController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $toDate = Carbon::parse("2021-11-20");
        $fromDate = Carbon::parse("2022-11-24");
  
        return $toDate->diffInYears($fromDate);  
    }
}

4. Count the Days Between today's Date and to Given Date in Laravel

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class DateController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $buyDate = Carbon::parse("2021-11-20");

        return today()->diffInDays($buyDate);  
    }
}

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