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