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DATEINTERVAL.CREATEFROMDATESTRING(3)					 1				      DATEINTERVAL.CREATEFROMDATESTRING(3)

DateInterval::createFromDateString - Sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the string

SYNOPSIS
       publicstatic DateInterval DateInterval::createFromDateString (string  $time)

DESCRIPTION
	Uses the normal date parsers and sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the parsed string.

PARAMETERS
	      o $time
		-  A  date with relative parts. Specifically, the relative formats supported by the parser used for strtotime(3) and DateTime will
		be used to construct the DateInterval.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Parsing valid date intervals

	      <?php
	      // Each set of intervals is equal.
	      $i = new DateInterval('P1D');
	      $i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 day');

	      $i = new DateInterval('P2W');
	      $i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('2 weeks');

	      $i = new DateInterval('P3M');
	      $i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('3 months');

	      $i = new DateInterval('P4Y');
	      $i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('4 years');

	      $i = new DateInterval('P1Y1D');
	      $i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 year + 1 day');

	      $i = new DateInterval('P1DT12H');
	      $i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 day + 12 hours');

	      $i = new DateInterval('PT3600S');
	      $i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('3600 seconds');
	      ?>

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a new DateInterval instance.

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