date function

Hi guys,

Ok,im new to functions and yet trying getting my head around them.

Why does this code work :

<?php
$start_date = '2010-02-27 11:50';
$end_date = '2010-03-05 11:50';
$seconds = strtotime($end_date) - strtotime($start_date);
$days = floor($seconds / 86400);
echo "The difference is {$days} days.<br>";
?>

Code (markup):

and this function doesnt ?

<?php
function getDays($start_dat,$end_date)
	{
		$seconds = strtotime($end_date) - strtotime($start_date);
		$days = floor($seconds / 86400);
		return $days;
	}

$start_date = '2010-02-27 11:50';
$end_date = '2010-02-28 11:50';

echo getDays($start_date,$end_date);
?>

Code (markup):

Any comments are welcome

 

When posting questions specific to code not working always post any errors you get and/or actual results vs. expected results. For your specific issue, you forgot the 'e' on $start_date when you declared the function:

function getDays($start_dat,$end_date)

 

oh my,thank you, i guess i should go and get some sleep
regarding code questions, i will have that in mind !

 

Lol, mistype ... this is common mistake for programmer ..