Question

Basically am trying to set a time and a date in PHP then set a time gap which will range between minutes, loop through between a start time and end time echoing something out for each one. Have tried loads of different ways and cant seem to figure a way to set a date and add to it.

This seems the best script I have modified so far:

$minutes = 5;
$endtime = new DateTime('2012-01-01 09:00');
$newendtime = $endtime->format('Y-m-d H:i');

$timedate = new DateTime('2012-01-01 09:00');

while($stamp < $newendtime)
{
$time = new DateTime($timedate);
$time->add(new DateInterval('PT' . $minutes . 'M'));
$timedate = $time->format('Y-m-d H:i');

echo $timedate;
}

Answer 1

$minutes = 5;
$endtime = new DateTime('2012-01-01 09:00');

//modified the start value to get something _before_ the endtime:
$time = new DateTime('2012-01-01 8:00');
$interval = new DateInterval('PT' . $minutes . 'M');

while($time < $endtime){
   $time->add($interval);
   echo $time->format('Y-m-d H:i');
}