PHP Date difference formatting. Plural and singular

Question

Would want to make php more interactive

Looking for a way to list result when there is only one day left Result: 1 day remaining

Else: Result: n days remaining

Partial Code

$daysleft = $date2->diff($date1);
echo $daysleft->format('%a days'),' remaining';

Possible duplicate of [pluralize in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1534127/pluralize-in-php) — Aviram, Feb 17 '16 at 13:39
@aviram not really. im slightly confused by the diff function within the array. was looking for a way to extract the date differences — Ajaxcbcb, Feb 17 '16 at 13:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '16 at 13:42

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You can just manually generate your text:

$daysleft = $date2->diff($date1)->format('%a');
echo $daysleft.' '.($daysleft == 1 ? 'day' : 'days').' remaining';

For this simple use case, this should be the best approach...

answered Feb 17 '16 at 13:42

DerVO

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