- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$creationTime = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', '2017-07-10 10:00:00');
$expirationTime = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', '2017-07-10 11:59:00');
var_dump($creationTime->diff($expirationTime), $creationTime->diff($expirationTime)->format('%i seconds')); // Expecting at least 59....