DateInterval::createFromDateStringDateInterval::format
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)
DateInterval::format — Formats the interval
Description
public string DateInterval::format
( string $format
)
Formats the interval.
Parameters
- format
-
The following characters are recognized in the format parameter string. Each format character must be proceeded by a percent sign (%). format character Description Example values % Literal % % Y Years, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03 y Years, numeric 1, 3 M Months, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 12 m Months, numeric 1, 3, 12 D Days, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 31 d Days, numeric 1, 3, 31 a Total amount of days 4, 18, 8123 H Hours, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 23 h Hours, numeric 1, 3, 23 I Minutes, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 59 i Minutes, numeric 1, 3, 59 S Seconds, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 57 s Seconds, numeric 1, 3, 57 R Sign "-" when negative, "+" when positive -, + r Sign "-" when negative, empty when positive -,
Return Values
Returns the formatted interval.
Examples
Example #1 DateInterval example
<?php
$interval = new DateInterval('P2Y4DT6H8M');
echo $interval->format('%d days');
?>
The above example will output:
4 days
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