<?php
function dateDifference($date_1, $date_2, $differenceFormat = '%a')
{
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
return $interval->format($differenceFormat);
}
var_dump(dateDifference
('2016/12/14', '2016/12/31'));
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