Question

This is very simple but I can’t find a function to format string to time format.

I have the following string that want to format it to time:

0:2:1

How can I make it 00:02:01?

Answer 1

Ok, here’s a simple little script:

$input = '0:2:1';
$split = explode(':', $input);
foreach ($split as $i => $v) $split[$i] = str_pad($v, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
$final = implode(':', $split);
echo $final; // Do something with the new string you created

This will take any string such as 0:2:1, 0:3:15, or 10:4:9 and create a string in the proper time format of 00:00:00.