How to check if time is between two times in PHP [duplicate]

Question

I have following three strings (current time, sunset and sunrise), how can I find if the current time is between the sunrise and sunset?

$current_time = "10:59 pm"; $sunrise = "5:42 am"; $sunset = "6:26 pm"; 

Answer 1

$current_time = "4:59 pm"; $sunrise = "5:42 am"; $sunset = "6:26 pm"; $date1 = DateTime::createFromFormat('h:i a', $current_time); $date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat('h:i a', $sunrise); $date3 = DateTime::createFromFormat('h:i a', $sunset); if ($date1 > $date2 && $date1 < $date3) {    echo 'here'; } 

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Reference

• DateTime