Catchable fatal error: Object of class DateTime could not be converted to string

[xaban]

I have the following script:

<?php

$tijd[] = '2012-05-23T02:00:00';

$date = new DateTime($tijd[0]);

echo $date;
?>

 

However it is not working and resulting in:

Catchable fatal error: Object of class DateTime could not be converted to string in time3.php on line 7

 

I think to solve this issue, I have to convert $tijd[0] into a string. Right? If this is correct, how do I do that?

[Adam]

The DateTime class has no __toString() method, which means you can't use it in a string context (i.e. echo). Instead you should be using the DateTime::format() method, which returns a string in the format you specify in the argument.

[xaban]

The DateTime class has no __toString() method, which means you can't use it in a string context (i.e. echo). Instead you should be using the DateTime::format() method, which returns a string in the format you specify in the argument.

 

Thank you! That did the trick.

 

$tijd[] = '2012-05-23T02:00:00';

$date = new DateTime($tijd[0]);

echo $date->format('U');