PHP convert datetime to seconds

datetime, mysql, php

Solution

huh ? these function are from `mysql` ...

For PHP, you replace it using `strtotime`

$diff = strtotime('2010-12-08 16:12:12')-time();

details : http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php

Problem

I have a datetime value in `mysql` '2010-12-08 16:12:12' that I'd like to get the seconds to that date using `PHP`, so basically a `PHP` equivalent of `mysql` : ``` TIME_TO_SEC(TIMEDIFF('2010-12-08 16:12:12',now())) ```

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