php - Calculate time different in minute and second

Question

i try to compare 2 datetime and get the different in minutes and second and after i refer this topic How to get time difference in minutes in PHP yes that code can show the different but in minute:

$to_time = strtotime("2008-12-13 18:42:00");
$from_time = strtotime("2008-12-13 18:41:58");

echo round(abs($to_time - $from_time) / 60,2). " minute";

so how to show in minute and second from above code? My php version is 5.2.17 .

Answer 1

$minutes = round(abs($to_time - $from_time) / 60,2);
$seconds = abs($to_time - $from_time) % 60;

echo "$minutes minute, $seconds seconds";