PHP: mktime() parse error invalid numeric literal

Question

I need to set variable, let's call it $times to specific amount of 8AM. I tried using mktime(08,00) but it returns

Parse error: Invalid numeric literal

Since I'm new to php, I still don't know which function is best used for thing such as this, weather it is time() date() or so.

My question is: how do I set $times to be 8AM of current day?

I've checked a lot of similar questions, but none of them have an answer. Not even the one that this is marked duplicate of.

Does this answer your question? Parse error: Invalid numeric literal — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented May 12, 2022 at 7:33

Liftoff · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-12 07:27:44Z

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Just remove the leading zeros.

mktime(8, 0);

It's because PHP is interpreting 08 as an octal number, and 8 is out of range in octal (0-7).

answered May 12, 2022 at 7:27

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Jun Pan · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-12 07:32:30Z

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You can use date()

$time = date("H:i") // 08:00

answered May 12, 2022 at 7:32

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