Get database search results between two date time period - mysql

Question

In my database, there is a table called vehicle_schedule, and all the vehicle schedules are stored there. In that table, there is two columns name as date_from date_to.Both columns type is datetime.When I pass date like 2019-03-20 09:00:00 2019-03-25 12:00:00 I need to get all the vehicle schedules between that two DateTime range.
So far I have tried this,
$vehicleSchedule=DB::table('vehicle_schedule')
->select('vehicle_schedule.*')
->whereRaw("date_from >=? AND date_to <=?",array($date_from,$date_to))
->get();
return response()->json(["vehicleSchedule"=>$vehicleSchedule,"message"=>"Vehicle Schedule got successfully"]);
I expect all the vehicle schedules are in that given range. But it only got vehicle schedules between date values only. When I check with the time constraint it does not working properly.

Answer 1

You can use Laravel whereBetween for this:
$vehicleSchedule=DB::table('vehicle_schedule')
->select('vehicle_schedule.*')
->whereBetween('date_from', [$startDate, $endDate])
->whereBetween('date_to', [$startDate, $endDate])
->get();
This will only select records where the date_from and date_to are between the two dates.
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Answer 2

I highly recommend to use PHP Carbon to work with any datetime or timestamp field.
To convert the datetime field to Carbon use this in model.
protected $dates = ['date_from','date_to'];
Then, convert the input time to Carbon inside controller
$date_from = Carbon::parse('2019-03-20 09:00:00');
$date_to = Carbon::parse('2019-03-25 12:00:00');
In this way the query will more shorter, cleaner and efficient.
$vehicleSchedule = DB::table('vehicle_schedule')
->where('date_from','>=',$date_from)
->where('date_to','<=',$date_to)
->get();

Answer 3

Try this.
$start_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime('2019-03-20 09:00:00'));
$end_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime('2019-03-25 12:00:00'));
$vehicleSchedule=DB::table('vehicle_schedule')
->select('vehicle_schedule.*')
->where([['date_from','<=',$start_date],['date_to','>=',$end_date]])->orwhereBetween('date_from',array($start_date,$end_date))->orWhereBetween('date_to',array($start_date,$end_date))
->get();