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Doc Bug #67034 Unable to compare DateInterval instances with == operator
Submitted: 2014-04-06 12:16 UTC Modified: 2022-05-20 16:11 UTC
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From: from dot php dot net at brainbox dot cz Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 5.6.0alpha3 OS:
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 [2014-04-06 12:16 UTC] from dot php dot net at brainbox dot cz 
Description:
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I am unable to compare DatePeriod timezones with equality operator. The operator always returns true regardless the DatePeriod value.

Result can be seen here: http://3v4l.org/b8AAS

Test script:
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// different
var_dump(new DateInterval('PT1S') == new DateInterval('PT2S'));
// same
var_dump(new DateInterval('PT1S') == new DateInterval('PT1S'));

Expected result:
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bool(false)
bool(true)

Actual result:
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bool(true)
bool(true)

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 [2014-12-08 17:30 UTC] mfaust at usinternet dot com 
Comparisons of DatePeriod really ins't feasible without knowing a start date. For example 'P1M' and 'P30D' are equal (==) for some months, but not others. The == comparison is possible for time-only date periods but for anything involving dates you can't make a reliable assumption. My recommendation is to return TRUE when all the parts patch exactly (eg 'PT60S' == 'PT60S' but 'PT1M' != 'PT60S') just to make the behavior consistent if a date portion is involved. 

If you want a true comparison then do something like this:

$now = new DateTimeImmutable();
if($now->addInterval($intervalA) == $now->addInterval($intervalB)){...

(note that DateTimeImmutable will return a new object for each instead of modifying $now)
 [2021-02-26 21:50 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2021-02-26 21:50 UTC] cmb@php.net 
DatePeriod comparision are explicitly disallowed (and as such
return false) as of PHP 7.4.0, for the reasons outlined above.
This is apparently not yet documented, though.
 [2022-05-13 14:18 UTC] derick@php.net 
Where would we document this CMB?
 [2022-05-20 12:29 UTC] derick@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2022-05-20 16:11 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Summary: Unable to compare DatePeriod instances with == operator +Summary: Unable to compare DateInterval instances with == operator
 [2022-05-20 16:12 UTC] cmb@php.net 
The following pull request has been associated:

Patch Name: Fix bug 67034: Unable to compare DateInterval instances with == operator
On GitHub:  https://github.com/php/doc-en/pull/1590
Patch:      https://github.com/php/doc-en/pull/1590.patch
 [2022-05-23 09:31 UTC] git@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of cmb69 (author) and web-flow (committer)
Revision: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/3d9dad29c75a70e7985ed595dfa2a836e61418da
Log: Fix bug #67034: Unable to compare DateInterval instances with == operator
 [2022-05-23 09:31 UTC] git@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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