I've got an entity with a starting date and an ending date.
Is it possible to get the difference in time between them by using twig?
See Question&Answers more detail:osI've got an entity with a starting date and an ending date.
Is it possible to get the difference in time between them by using twig?
See Question&Answers more detail:osSince PHP 5.3 There is another option without to write an extension.
This example show how to calc the plural day/days
{# endDate and startDate are strings or DateTime objects #}
{% set difference = date(endDate).diff(date(startDate)) %}
{% set leftDays = difference.days %}
{% if leftDays == 1 %}
1 day
{% else %}
{{ leftDays }} days
{% endif %}
Explanation:
PHP 5.3 DateTime
object has diff()
method which return a DateInterval
object with the result difference between endDate
and beginDate
Twig
Twig date
function always return a DateTime
object so we can call diff
method
Finally we can access to the properties of the DateInterval
object or format it with the Twig date
filter.
Note: There is no need of wrap endDate
or startDate
with the date
function if the variable is already a DateTime
object.
Note2: DateTime
is used here as a synonym of DateTimeInterface
.