How many days until X-Y-Z date? [closed]

Question

I am trying to build a count-down widget.

Given a certain date, whats the easiest way in PHP to determine how many days until that date?

Answer 1

       <?php          $cdate = mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 31, 2009);          $today = time();          $difference = $cdate - $today;          if ($difference < 0) { $difference = 0; }          echo floor($difference/60/60/24)." days remaining";        ?>