strtotime using Variables

[mattichu]

Hi!

 

the following code sucessfully outputs a timestamp.

 

$datealt=strtotime('2012-03-13 ,23:13:00');

 

The following however does not:

 

$datealt=strtotime('$date ,$hours:$minutes:00');

 

I have checked if the variables echo out and they do..

 

any clues much appreciated

 

x

[scootstah]

You can't use variables in single quotes without concatenating. So do either this:

$datealt=strtotime("$date ,$hours:$minutes:00");

or this:

$datealt=strtotime($date . ' ,' . $hours . ':' . $minutes . ':00');

[mattichu]

thankyou!