datetime - PHP:find day difference between two date("YmdHis") reture

Question

I need to find the day difference from the date("YmdHis") value.let say one value is:

$previous_date='20101202115755';
$current_date= date("YmdHis");
$day_difference=?????

Now i need to find the only day difference between two values.Is their any kind heart who can help me to find the value?

Answer 1

For PHP >= 5.3.0:

$prev = DateTime::createFromFormat("YmdHis", '20101202115755');
$curr = new DateTime();
$diff = $curr->diff($prev);
echo "Difference: ".$diff->days;