John Davidson

Message:

How to make a period with all months between two random dates?
I tried:

$startDate = \Carbon\Carbon::parse('2021-11-17 23:59:59');

$endDate = \Carbon\Carbon::parse('2022-01-10 00:00:00');



$period = \Carbon\CarbonPeriod::create($startDate, '1 month', $endDate);



foreach($period as $month)

{

    echo '<pre>'.$month->format('Y-m-d').'</pre>';

}

but it doesn't include January.

I also tried to use floor():

$startDate = \Carbon\Carbon::parse('2021-11-17 23:59:59');

$endDate = \Carbon\Carbon::parse('2022-01-31 00:00:00');



$period = \Carbon\CarbonPeriod::create($startDate, '1 month', $endDate)->floor();



foreach($period as $month)

{

    echo '<pre>'.$month->format('Y-m-d').'</pre>';

}

but it includes February that don't even need.

How to get pure "unical" months between two dates using CarbonPeriod?

For example: start_date: 2021-11-17 23:59:59 & end_date: 2022-01-10 00:00:00 -> 11, 12, 01

Also: start_date: 2021-11-17 23:59:59 & end_date: 2022-01-31 00:00:00 -> 11, 12, 01

Thank you.

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My Answer:
CarbonPeriod is a class in Laravel that allows you to work with date ranges in a more intuitive way. It provides methods for creating, manipulating, and iterating over date ranges.

Here is an example of how you can use CarbonPeriod in Laravel:

php
use Carbon\CarbonPeriod;

// Create a date range from January 1st to January 31st
$period = CarbonPeriod::create('2022-01-01', '2022-01-31');

// Iterate over each day in the date range
foreach ($period as $date) {
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "\n";
}

// Get the number of days in the date range
$days = $period->count();
echo "Number of days: $days\n";

// Check if a specific date is within the date range
if ($period->contains('2022-01-15')) {
echo "January 15th is within the date range\n";
} else {
echo "January 15th is not within the date range\n";
}


This is just a basic example of how you can use CarbonPeriod in Laravel. There are many more methods available for working with date ranges, so be sure to check out the Laravel documentation for more information.