Compare time using Laravel - laravel

Question

In my Laravel application I want to compare times
If time was greater than 23:30 and less than 6:00 returns true
else return false
$time1 = strtotime('23:30:00');
$time2 = strtotime('06:00:00');
$time3 = strtotime('01:30:00');
if ($time3>=$time1 && $time2>$time1 ) {
var_dump('yes');
}
else {
var_dump('no');
}

Answer 1

I would suggest using Carbon to compare date and datetime values:
$time1 = Carbon::createFromTimeString('23:30:00');
$time2 = Carbon::createFromTimeString('06:00:00');
$time3 = Carbon::createFromTimeString('01:30:00');
if ($time3->gte($time1) && $time2->gt($time1)) {
var_dump('yes');
} else {
var_dump('no');
}

Answer 2

Use Carbon, it has functionality to create from a certain format, with the createFromFormat() method.
$time1 = Carbon::createFromFormat('H:i:s', '23:30:00');
$time2 = Carbon::createFromFormat('H:i:s', '06:00:00');
$time3 = Carbon::createFromFormat('H:i:s', '01:30:00');
Carbon has comparisons in built, with gt() being greater than and lt() being less than. Adding an e to the call as lte() would be less than equals. Or you can be more explicit, look through this section in the documentation.
if ($time3->gte($time1) && $time2->gt($time1)) {
//
}
else {
//
}