我在PHP5.2中遇到了同样的问题，并用MySQL解决了这个问题。可能并不是你想要的，但这会奏效，并返回天数：

$datediff_q = $dbh->prepare("SELECT DATEDIFF(:date2, :date1)");
$datediff_q->bindValue(':date1', '2007-03-24', PDO::PARAM_STR);
$datediff_q->bindValue(':date2', '2009-06-26', PDO::PARAM_STR);
$datediff = ($datediff_q->execute()) ? $datediff_q->fetchColumn(0) : false;

此处有更多信息http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_datediff

简单的功能

function time_difference($time_1, $time_2, $limit = null)
{

    $val_1 = new DateTime($time_1);
    $val_2 = new DateTime($time_2);

    $interval = $val_1->diff($val_2);

    $output = array(
        "year" => $interval->y,
        "month" => $interval->m,
        "day" => $interval->d,
        "hour" => $interval->h,
        "minute" => $interval->i,
        "second" => $interval->s
    );

    $return = "";
    foreach ($output AS $key => $value) {

        if ($value == 1)
            $return .= $value . " " . $key . " ";
        elseif ($value >= 1)
            $return .= $value . " " . $key . "s ";

        if ($key == $limit)
            return trim($return);
    }
    return trim($return);
}

像这样使用

回波时间差（$time_1，$time_2，“天”）；

将返回2年8个月2天

<?php
    $today = strtotime("2011-02-03 00:00:00");
    $myBirthDate = strtotime("1964-10-30 00:00:00");
    printf("Days since my birthday: ", ($today - $myBirthDate)/60/60/24);
?>

$date1 = date_create('2007-03-24');
$date2 = date_create('2009-06-26');
$interval = date_diff($date1, $date2);
echo "difference : " . $interval->y . " years, " . $interval->m." months, ".$interval->d." days ";

非常简单：

    <?php
        $date1 = date_create("2007-03-24");
        echo "Start date: ".$date1->format("Y-m-d")."<br>";
        $date2 = date_create("2009-06-26");
        echo "End date: ".$date2->format("Y-m-d")."<br>";
        $diff = date_diff($date1,$date2);
        echo "Difference between start date and end date: ".$diff->format("%y years, %m months and %d days")."<br>";
    ?>

有关详细信息，请查看以下链接：

PHP:date_diff-手动

注意，它适用于PHP 5.3.0或更高版本。

这是我的职责。所需PHP>=5.3.4。它使用DateTime类。非常快，很快，可以区分两个日期，甚至所谓的“开始时间”。

if(function_exists('grk_Datetime_Since') === FALSE){
    function grk_Datetime_Since($From, $To='', $Prefix='', $Suffix=' ago', $Words=array()){
        #   Est-ce qu'on calcul jusqu'à un moment précis ? Probablement pas, on utilise maintenant
        if(empty($To) === TRUE){
            $To = time();
        }

        #   On va s'assurer que $From est numérique
        if(is_int($From) === FALSE){
            $From = strtotime($From);
        };

        #   On va s'assurer que $To est numérique
        if(is_int($To) === FALSE){
            $To = strtotime($To);
        }

        #   On a une erreur ?
        if($From === FALSE OR $From === -1 OR $To === FALSE OR $To === -1){
            return FALSE;
        }

        #   On va créer deux objets de date
        $From = new DateTime(@date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $From), new DateTimeZone('GMT'));
        $To   = new DateTime(@date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $To), new DateTimeZone('GMT'));

        #   On va calculer la différence entre $From et $To
        if(($Diff = $From->diff($To)) === FALSE){
            return FALSE;
        }

        #   On va merger le tableau des noms (par défaut, anglais)
        $Words = array_merge(array(
            'year'      => 'year',
            'years'     => 'years',
            'month'     => 'month',
            'months'    => 'months',
            'week'      => 'week',
            'weeks'     => 'weeks',
            'day'       => 'day',
            'days'      => 'days',
            'hour'      => 'hour',
            'hours'     => 'hours',
            'minute'    => 'minute',
            'minutes'   => 'minutes',
            'second'    => 'second',
            'seconds'   => 'seconds'
        ), $Words);

        #   On va créer la chaîne maintenant
        if($Diff->y > 1){
            $Text = $Diff->y.' '.$Words['years'];
        } elseif($Diff->y == 1){
            $Text = '1 '.$Words['year'];
        } elseif($Diff->m > 1){
            $Text = $Diff->m.' '.$Words['months'];
        } elseif($Diff->m == 1){
            $Text = '1 '.$Words['month'];
        } elseif($Diff->d > 7){
            $Text = ceil($Diff->d/7).' '.$Words['weeks'];
        } elseif($Diff->d == 7){
            $Text = '1 '.$Words['week'];
        } elseif($Diff->d > 1){
            $Text = $Diff->d.' '.$Words['days'];
        } elseif($Diff->d == 1){
            $Text = '1 '.$Words['day'];
        } elseif($Diff->h > 1){
            $Text = $Diff->h.' '.$Words['hours'];
        } elseif($Diff->h == 1){
            $Text = '1 '.$Words['hour'];
        } elseif($Diff->i > 1){
            $Text = $Diff->i.' '.$Words['minutes'];
        } elseif($Diff->i == 1){
            $Text = '1 '.$Words['minute'];
        } elseif($Diff->s > 1){
            $Text = $Diff->s.' '.$Words['seconds'];
        } else {
            $Text = '1 '.$Words['second'];
        }

        return $Prefix.$Text.$Suffix;
    }
}