PHP DateTime - createFromImmutable() Method
The PHP DateTime::createFromImmutable() method returns a new DateTime object encapsulating the given DateTimeImmutable object.
Syntax
public DateTime::createFromImmutable(object)
Parameters
object |
Required. Specify the immutable DateTimeImmutable 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 object
The example below shows the usage of DateTime::createFromImmutable() method.
<?php
//creating a DateTimeImmutable object
$date = new DateTimeImmutable("10-Mar-2015 5:10:25 Europe/London");
//creating a mutable date time object
//from immutable date time object
$mutable = DateTime::createFromImmutable($date);
//displaying the result
echo $date->format('d-M-Y H:i:s P')."\n";
echo $mutable->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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