Days between 2 dates in PHP

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  • This gives the difference in days between a Date element and today, Alternatively you could swap 'today' with another date or field

    PHP: 
    $nowdate = strtotime("{table___element}");
    
$thendate = strtotime("today");
    
$datediff = ($thendate - $nowdate);
    
$diff = round($datediff / 86400);
    
return $diff;

    It was used in a schedule task email plugin that required multiple conditions to be met, as follows

    PHP: 
    $cond1 = ('{table___element}' == 'X');
    
$nowdate = strtotime("{table___element}");
    
$thendate = strtotime("today");
    
$datediff = ($thendate - $nowdate);
    
$diff = round($datediff / 86400);
    
$cond2 = ($diff == X);
    
return $cond1 <> $cond2;

    Send a reminder email only to the rows(users) that didn't update a record for more than 16 days.

    PHP: 
    $date1 = strtotime("{table___update_raw}");
    
$date2 = strtotime("{table___createdate_raw}");
    
$date2 = strtotime("+16 day", $date2);
    
return $date1 > $date2;
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