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DatePeriod::getDateInterval

(PHP 5 >= 5.6.5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DatePeriod::getDateInterval — Gets the interval

Description

Object-oriented style

public DatePeriod::getDateInterval(): DateInterval

Gets a DateInterval object representing the interval used for the period.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a DateInterval object

Examples

Example #1 DatePeriod::getDateInterval() example

<?php
$period = DatePeriod::createFromIso8601String('R7/2016-05-16T00:00:00Z/P1D');
$interval = $period->getDateInterval();
echo $interval->format('%d day');

The above example will output:

1 day

See Also