Hello everyone, I am submitting a form containing two fields "time_in" and "time_out"
I'm trying to get the difference between two dates using date_diff() I made sure that time_in in the database is in DATE formant and time_out in DATE format and both are not strings
I get this error: Fatal error: Uncaught type error: date_diff0: Parameter #1 (SbaseObject) must be of type DateTimeInterface, string in C:\ampp\htdocs\aicAdmin\scripts\backend-script.php: Trace given in 97Stack: #0 C:ilxampp\htdocs\aicAdmin\scripts\backend-script.php(97):date_diff(°2023-05-19,2023-05-23#1(main) throwinC:\xampp\htdocs\aicAdmin\scripts\backend -script.phponline97
And my code is
<div class="col">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="date" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter Time in" name="time_in" value="<?php echo $time_in; ?>">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="date" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter Time out" name="time_out" value="<?php echo $time_in; ?>">
</div>
</div>
and backend code
if(empty($_GET['id']) && !empty($_GET['name']) && $_GET['name']=='current_job'){
extract($_POST);
if(!empty($jobnumber)){
$data= [
'jobnumber'=>$jobnumber,
'revison' =>$revison,
'groupp'=>$groupp,
'checker'=>$checker,
'releasedate'=> $releasedate,
'quote_number'=> $quote_number,
'building_number'=>$building_number,
'task'=>$task,
'designer_ca'=>$designer_ca,
'designer_name'=>$designer_name,
'time_in'=>$time_in,
'time_schedule'=>$time_schedule,
'time_out'=>$time_out,
'spent_time'=>date_diff($time_out,$time_in),
'quote_weight'=>$quote_weight,
'job_weight'=>$job_weight,
'cycle_time'=>$cycle_time,
'chk_time'=>$chk_time,
'wd'=>$wd,
'remarks'=>$remarks
];
$tableName=$_GET['name'];
if(!empty($data) && !empty($tableName)){
$insertData=insert_data($data,$tableName);
if($insertData){
echo "<span class='success'>Current Job Was saved sucessfully</span>";
}else{
echo "<span class='fail'>Error!.. check your query</span>";
}
}
}else{
echo "<span class='fail'>Current Job field is empty</span>";
}
}
I did not copy the entire form code, just a snippet How can I solve this problem? ?
I double checked that time_in and time_out in the database are stored as DATE format, I hope everything is working properly
There isn't enough information here to really answer this question.
But from the error, the problem seems to be that your time_in and time_out are not DateTime objects.
You must first push them via
DateTime:CreateFromFormat. This will make them DateTime objects. Then date_diff will give you a DateInterval object that still cannot be stored cleanly in the database.Consider utilizing unix epoch timestamps.
$datetime_in = DateTime::createFromFormat('h:i a', $form_time_in); $datetime_out = DateTime::createFromFormat('h:i a', $form_time_out); $seconds_elapsed = $datetime_out->format('U') - $datetime_in->format('U');Note: "h:i a" requires the format "1:30 am", see other options here.