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Ealore\DateInterval

This is an extension of PHP's \DateInterval with new methods and support for interval specification with both weeks and days at the same time, while in the standard implementation it's possible to use either.

Usage

<?php

use Ealore\DateInterval;

$interval = new DateInterval('P5W1D');
// with this implementation it is possible to specify both weeks and days in the same specification string

echo $interval->w; // outputs 5
echo $interval->d; // outputs 1

legacy() returns an instance compatible with PHP's \DateInterval

$legacy = $di->legacy();

echo $legacy->w; // outputs 0
echo $legacy->d; // outputs 36

getIntervalSpec() returns the interval specification string

$interval = new DateInterval('P5W1D');

echo $interval->getIntervalSpec(); // outputs P5W1D


$zero_interval = new DateInterval('P0D');

echo $interval->getIntervalSpec(); // outputs P0D

Installation

$ composer require ealore/dateinterval

Changelog

version 1.0.3

• added a check to avoid an 'unknown or bad format' exception

version 1.0.2

• bugfix

version 1.0.1

• added a check to getIntervalSpec()

version 1.0

• added w property
• added legacy() method to fetch an instance of PHP's \DateInterval
• added getIntervalSpec() that returns the interval specification string. If the interval duration is 0, the original interval_spec is returned.