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How to add time to date in PHP

I am trying to add the time to the date but I am having trouble with the correct code to do it.

$dateToday = date('Y-m-d');
$timeToAddToDate = 2:52; // This is from user input so it is not always 2:52 am o'clock, sometimes 21:30 o'clock depending on the user input;

I tried

$s = new DateTime($date_now);
$t = $s->modify('+{$timeToAddToDate} seconds');

$results = date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$t); // this is not working`

echo $results;`

I am expecting the results to be "2024-07-28 2:52" or "{date today} {time input by user}".

I want the results then converted to timestamp and save it to the database column with a timestamp type.

So after the $results, I will convert it to strtotime($results) then insert it via sql query to the database.

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  1. 0

    For this you can use strtotime:

    $dateToday = date("Y-m-d"); $resultTimestamp = strtotime($today . " ". $timeToAddToDate); $resultDate = date("Y-m-d H:i", $resultTimestamp);

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  2. 0

    This is a way to go (you can compact the code, I probably overdetailed it.)

    <?php

$currentDate = new DateTime();
$inputTime = '2:52'; // 2:52 without the quotes is syntax error

/*
Extract hours and minutes from the input string 
(you should also make sure you'll always receive your string with this format, never trust user input).
*/
$inputTime = explode(':', $inputTime);
$hours = $inputTime[0];
$minutes = $inputTime[1];

// Format response to string (or keep it as a DateTime object by removing the format method
$response = $currentDate->setTime($hours, $minutes)->format('Y-m-d H:i');
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