<?php
function dateDifference($date_1 , $date_2 , $differenceFormat = '%h' )
{
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
return $interval->format($differenceFormat);
}
echo dateDifference('1999-01-01 13:30:00', '1999-01-01 15:30:00');
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