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<?php
$s = date("2006-08-01 14:35:07");
$e = date("2007-01-05 03:59:59");
echo dateDifference($s, $e);
?>
Will result in the following output:

5 months, 3 days and 13 hours, 24 minutes, 52 seconds

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<?php
print_r(dateDifference($s, $e, "assoc_array"));
 // and
print_r(dateDifference($s, $e, "array"));
?>

Array (
	[year] => 0
	[month] => 5
	[day] => 3
	[hour] => 13
	[minute] => 24
	[second] => 52
	)
and
Array (
	[0] => 0
	[1] => 5
	[2] => 3
	[3] => 13
	[4] => 24
	[5] => 52
	)

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Some more examples of valid input:
<?php
$s = "2006-8-1 14:35:07";
$e = "2007-1-5 3:59:59";

$s = "last monday";
$e = "next thursday";

$s = "12 September 2003";
$e = "20th June";
?>

See http://www.php.net/strtotime
and http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/tar_109.html
for more information on valid input