- explode: documentation ( source)
<?php
function monthsBetween($startDate, $endDate) {
$retval = "";
// Assume YYYY-mm-dd - as is common MYSQL format
$splitStart = explode('-', $startDate);
$splitEnd = explode('-', $endDate);
if (is_array($splitStart) && is_array($splitEnd)) {
$difYears = $splitEnd[0] - $splitStart[0];
$difMonths = $splitEnd[1] - $splitStart[1];
$difDays = $splitEnd[2] - $splitStart[2];
$retval = ($difDays > 0) ? $difMonths : $difMonths - 1;
$retval += $difYears * 12;
}
return $retval;
}
echo monthsBetween('2014-06-16','2015-05-16');
?>