Calculate difference in minutes between created_at and current time in Laravel - laravel

Question

I want to show in a field the time someone is waiting, and I want to do that by subtracting created_at time by current time in minutes
this is my table
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Ordernummer</th>
<th scope="col">E-mail</th>
<th scope="col">Kenteken</th>
<th scope="col">Wachttijd</th>
<th scope="col">Status</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
#foreach($orders as $order)
<tr>
<th scope="row">{{ $order->ordernumber }}</th>
<td scope="row">{{ $order->email }}</td>
<th scope="row">{{ $order->numberplate }}</th>
<td scope="row">{{ $order->created_at }}</td>
<td scope="row">
#if( $order->status == 0)
Open
#else
Afgehandeld
#endif
</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
</tbody>
</table>
And where this is written <td scope="row">{{ $order->created_at }}</td>
I want to show there the difference in minutes.
Thanks already

Answer 1

I assume your $order->created_at is Carbon instance, so you can use:
<td scope="row">{{ $order->created_at->diffInMinutes(\Carbon\Carbon::now()) }} minutes ago</td>
if $order->created_at is pure mysql format not Carbon instance just convert/create it:
\Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $order->created_at)->diffInMinutes(\Carbon\Carbon::now())

Answer 2

You can use Carbon to calculate difference in minutes like so
<td scope="row">{{ now()->diffInMinutes($order->created_at) }}</td>

Answer 3

you can use Carbon::diffInMinutes to get the minutes differnt,
or you can use Carbon::diffForHumans to get more readable statement
$order->created_at->diffInMinutes(Carbon::now());
// that would be: 5
$order->created_at->diffInMinutes(Carbon::now());
and this would be: 5 minuets ago