date('i') minutes leading zero

[electricshoe]

Is there a no leading zero minute variable hidden somewhere in magicland? I'm assuming no since there isn't one in the manual.

 

If not is there an easy way for me to parse it in the date() function instead of writing something complicated?

 

Thanks ten million billion in advance

[discomatt]

<?php
$var = date('i');

echo ($var{0} === '0' ? $var{1} : $var);
?>

 

or in 1 line

 

<?php
$min = (substr(date('i'), 0, 1) === '0' ? substr(date('i'), 1, 1) : date('i') );

echo $min;
?>

[discomatt]

Also an alternative:

 

<?php
$min = date('i');
settype($min, 'int'); // force it to be an integer, stripping leading zeros

echo $min;
?>

[rhodesa]

also, in one line:

 

$min = (int) date('i');

[discomatt]

Ahh, i didn't know you typecast on a per-use basis like in C. Good to know.

 

That last one by rhodesa is by far the best and most efficient, unless you really need it to be a string (i'm not sure why you ever would with php though)