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<?php
$start = new \DateTime('2014-10-25 04:00:00');
$end = new \DateTime('2014-10-27 04:00:00');
$interval = new \DateInterval('P1D');
$period = new \DatePeriod($start, $interval, 3);
var_dump(iterator_to_array($period));