php script help seconds to Hours Minutes Seconds

videoman

Hello, I am trying to create a script that will let me convert a number of seconds entered by a user into hours/minutes/seconds.

I have managed to do most of the script but the thing I can't work out how to do is get rid of the decimal place and make it into minutes/seconds. The script is below-

<html>
<title>title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>example 1</h1>
<?php
$intDiff = 0;
$intProduct = 0;
$intDivide = 0;
print '<hr />';
function getnum() {
$strThisPage = $SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
print '<p>Please enter two numbers:</p>';
print '<form name="form1" method="post" action='.$strThisPage.'>';
print 'Number 1: <input type="text" name="number1" value=""><p />';
print '<p><input type="submit" /></p>';
print '</form>';
return;
}
if ($SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
getnum();
print '<hr />';
}
else {
$intNumber1 = $_POST['number1'];
if ($intNumber1 > 3600) {
$intDivide = $intNumber1 / 3600;
print "<p>The number of hours is $intDivide</p>";
}
else {
if ($intNumber1 > 60) {
$intDivide = $intNumber1 / 60;
print "<p>The number of minutes is $intDivide</p>";
}
else {
if ($intNumber1 < 60)
$intDivide = $intNumber1 / 1;
print "<p>The number of seconds is $intDivide</p>";
}
}
}
print '<hr />';
?>
</body>
</html>

An example is if you put 10000 seconds in it comes up with the result "The number of hours is 2.77777777778". What I want it to do is give me the results in hours/minutes/seconds eg. 2 hours xx minutes xx seconds. If anyone could show me how to do it that would be great. Thanks

ClarkF1

Something like this:

http://www.zend.com/codex.php?id=1363&single=1

might be of use. You could adapt it for your needs

videoman

Thanks ClarkF1, but I think that is a little beyond me, I have only just started learning php in the last couple of weeks and I don't really know what to do with that. I really want to try and do this script without using any more functions if thats possible? Thanks

Weedpacket

[man]intval[/man] would be simple enough. Or a simple (int) cast.

videoman

Thanks Weedpacket. Could you give me an example on how to get intval to work on my php script. I understand how to get intval to show only the whole numbers but how would you use it to get the minutes and seconds in the example I gave? Thanks

videoman

Thanks for the help people. I ended up finding out how to do it ^{_^.} The current script is looking like-

<?php
$intDiff = 0;
$intProduct = 0;
$intDivide = 0;
print '<hr />';
function getnum() {
$strThisPage = $SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
print '<p>Please enter the number of seconds you want to convert to hours/minutes/seconds:</p>';
print '<form name="form1" method="post" action='.$strThisPage.'>';
print 'Number 1: <input type="text" name="number1" value=""><p />';
print '<p><input type="submit" /></p>';
print '</form>';
return;
}
if ($SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
getnum();
print '<hr />';
}
else {
$intNumber1 = $_POST['number1'];
if ($intNumber1 > 3600) {
$intDivide = $intNumber1 / 3600;
$intDivide2 = intval($intDivide);
$intDivide3 = intval(($intNumber1 / 60) % 60);
$intDivide4 = intval($intNumber1 % 60);
print "<p> The number of hours is $intDivide2</p>";
print "<p> The number of minutes is $intDivide3</p>";
print "<p> The number of seconds is $intDivide4</p>";
}
else {
if ($intNumber1 > 60) {
$intDivide = $intNumber1 / 60;
$intDivide2 = intval(($intNumber1 / 60) % 60);
$intDivide4 = intval($intNumber1 % 60);
print "<p> The number of hours is 0</p>";
print "<p> The number of minutes is $intDivide2</p>";
print "<p> The number of seconds is $intDivide4</p>";
}
else {
if ($intNumber1 < 60)
$intDivide = $intNumber1 / 1;
$intDivide2 = intval($intDivide);
print "<p> The number of hours is 0</p>";
print "<p> The number of minutes is 0</p>";
print "<p>The number of seconds is $intDivide2</p>";
}
}
}
print '<hr />';
?>
</body>
</html>

n_wattam

found a bug in your script, if you key in '60'. expecting a unit value of '1 Min' to be outputted it infact returns 0 for all 😃

The code does look a little long winded for what your doing, i'll have a little play around my self.

Edit,
the same happens when you key in '3600' which is 1 hours, result is nothing again

EDIT
Found your bug, you are using grater/lower than 60 and 3600, so when someone keys in them values the code is not working on them.

Instead you want the >= command

n_wattam

here you go, 🙂 this should shave the code down to a bare min, and only requires 1 template to print the outcome.

the formulas, might be a little complicated at first, but are easy of you break them down. using - / and intval

6 lines max for calculation.

// Credits to Neil Wattam... | IF USED
$inputval = '3661'; // USER DEFINES NUMBER OF SECONDS FOR WORKING OUT | 3661 = 1HOUR 1MIN 1SEC


$unith =3600;		// Num of seconds in an Hour...
$unitm =60;			// Num of seconds in a min...

$hh = intval($inputval / $unith);	// '/' given value by num sec in hour... output = HOURS
$ss_remaining = ($inputval - ($hh * 3600));		// '*' number of hours by seconds, then '-' from given value... output = REMAINING seconds

$mm = intval($ss_remaining / $unitm);	// take remaining sec and devide by sec in a min... output = MINS
$ss = ($ss_remaining - ($mm * 60));		// '*' number of mins by seconds, then '-' from remaining sec... output = REMAINING seconds.

echo "ss: " . $ss . "<br>";
echo "mm: " . $mm . "<br>";
echo "hh: " . $hh . "<br>";

let me know what you think

videoman

Very nice Neil. Much more efficient than my own script. I might use some of your script in mine if possible. I just need to add the getnum part so the user can easily put in their own number. Thanks again for your help.

n_wattam

No Problem.

That should be easy using an input field, and submit button.

Then use and if else statment to detect if the page is loaded waiting for an input or the page is submitted ready to display the results.