PHP DateTime - createFromInterface() Method
The PHP DateTime::createFromInterface() method returns a new DateTime object encapsulating the given DateTimeInterface object.
Syntax
public DateTime::createFromInterface(object)
Parameters
object |
Required. Specify the DateTimeInterface object that needs to be converted to a mutable version. This object is not modified, but instead a new DateTime object is created containing the same date, time, and timezone information. |
Return Value
Returns a new DateTime instance.
Example: creating a mutable date time objects
The example below shows the usage of DateTime::createFromInterface() method.
<?php
$date1 = new DateTime("10-Mar-2015 5:10:25 Europe/London");
$date2 = new DateTimeImmutable("25-Oct-2015 5:10:25 Europe/London");
//creating mutable date time objects using interface
$mutable1 = DateTime::createFromInterface($date1);
$mutable2 = DateTime::createFromInterface($date2);
//displaying the result
echo $date1->format('d-M-Y H:i:s P')."\n";
echo $mutable1->format('d-M-Y H:i:s P')."\n";
echo "\n";
echo $date2->format('d-M-Y H:i:s P')."\n";
echo $mutable2->format('d-M-Y H:i:s P')."\n";
?>
The output of the above code will be:
10-Mar-2015 05:10:25 +00:00 10-Mar-2015 05:10:25 +00:00 25-Oct-2015 05:10:25 +00:00 25-Oct-2015 05:10:25 +00:00
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