check if the given date is less than 24 hours from current date

Question

I need to check if that given date is less than 24 hours from current date.

$custom="2014-10-10T20:59:11.000Z";
$createDate = new DateTime($custom); 
$now = new DateTime();
$difference = $now->diff($createDate, true);

Now I get $difference->d and $difference->h.

How to find the difference in hours?

Answer 1

Get the hour of this difference using DateTime::format(string $format) :

$hourGap = $difference->format("h");