- date: documentation ( source)
<?php
$d1 = new DateTime('2010-01-30');
$d2 = new DateTime(date('Y-m-d'));//use same format that was used in d1
$diff = $d2->diff($d1);
//code to display number of days into seperate digits
$str = "".$diff->days;
$size = strlen($str);
$i=0;
while($i<$size)
{
echo "<div>$str[$i]</div>";
$i++;
}