How to find the difference between two dates in php?

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If you were given two dates, that is start date and end date and You want to find the difference between two dates in PHP.

Its very simple and easy to calculate the difference between two dates.
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Mohammed Samgan Khan • Aug 13 '19

   /**
     * @param $startPoint
     * @param null $endPoint
     * @return mixed
     */
    function getDuration($startPoint, $endPoint = null)
    {
        if (!$endPoint) {
            $endPoint = time();
        }

        $secs = $endPoint - $startPoint;

        $bit = array(
            ' year' => $secs / 31556926 % 12,
            ' month' => $secs / 2592000 % 12,
            ' day' => $secs / 86400 % 7,
            ' hour' => $secs / 3600 % 24,
            ' minute' => $secs / 60 % 60,
            ' second' => $secs % 60
        );

        foreach ($bit as $k => $v) {
            if ($v > 1) $ret[] = $v . $k . 's';
            if ($v == 1) $ret[] = $v . $k;
        }

        if (!isset($ret)) {
            $ret[0] = 'few seconds';
        }

        return $ret[0];
    }