PHP - How to get datetime string from DateTime object

Question

I've made a DateTime object using

$currtime = DateTime::createFromFormat("YmdHi");

Is there a way to get a string or an integer, which contains, for example, 201604041825?

$currtime->modify("+2 hours");
$newtime = $currtime->format("YmdHi");

returned

$newtime = 2147483647

possible duplicate : stackoverflow.com/questions/10569053/… — Isky
– Isky, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 16:29
I've now used the current time. After that, I did $datetime->modify("+2 hours"); and then $datetime->format("YmdHi") returned 2147483647 — Björn Schönrock
– Björn Schönrock, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 16:34
@BjörnSchönrock Yes, I've deleted comment. I misunderstood your question. See duplicate link for answer. You can use ->format('YmdHi') — fusion3k
– fusion3k, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 16:36
Your example is wrong: DateTime::createFromFormat fails without second parameter. Show you second parameter, the problem is in it. — fusion3k
– fusion3k, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 16:40

Umair Khan · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-04 16:42:58Z

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This will help you

$current_date_object= new DateTime();
$current_date_object->modify("+2 hours");
$current_date_string= $current_date_object->format("Y-m-d H:i:sO");

answered Apr 4, 2016 at 16:36

Umair Khan

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