date() i doesnt give leading zeros correct

BrainPill · December 7, 2019

I want a string input of minutes into minutes with leading zeros

I use date() for this

    <php 
    $time_in_min ='7';
	$minutes = date("i" ,$time_in_min)	;
	var_dump($minutes);
     		?>

but all I get is 00 while i according to the date() param explanation should give a leading zero. Like :07

How should this be solved?

niche · December 7, 2019

Try wrapping this in an if statement that tests for string length:

$var = 7; 
echo sprintf('%02d', $var);

Edited December 7, 2019 by niche

BrainPill · December 7, 2019

yes thanks it worked

dsonesuk · December 7, 2019

If you use date() you have to provide a unix timestamp made up of seconds. 7 is seven seconds, therefore minutes indeed will show 00.

You need to give 7 min made up as seconds.

	<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
	<?php
$d=60*7; //60sec x 7 = 7mins
echo "Created date is " . date("i", $d);
?>
	</body>
</html>

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