Posted by PSI_Orion on 07/19/06 16:27

Further to my last post, I was slightly incorrect with what I was stating.
If the sscanf line is uncommented only then the function still works
(returns the echo). However, if I don anything AFTER the sscanf, the
function fails.

so...

function timeToInt($timeVar)
{
echo "alert('$timeVar')";
sscanf($timeVar,"%d:%d",$hours,$minutes);
// echo "alert('$timeVar')";
// echo "alert('$minutes')";
// $intVar = ($hours * 60) + $minutes;
// return($intVar);
// echo "alert('$intVar')";
}

works and return an echo but...

function timeToInt($timeVar)
{
echo "alert('$timeVar')";
sscanf($timeVar,"%d:%d",$hours,$minutes);
echo "alert('$timeVar')";
// echo "alert('$minutes')";
// $intVar = ($hours * 60) + $minutes;
// return($intVar);
// echo "alert('$intVar')";
}

fails and doesn't so something is wrong with the sscanf call. Could it be
the variable naming?

"Hans 'pritaeas' Pollaerts" <pritaeas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e9livn$inf$1@news2.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> Error: line 1 must be:
>
> $time = date ("H:i", time ());
>
> Here's a more complete test:
>
> <?php
> function getMinutes ($time) {
> $time = date ("H:i", $time);
> sscanf ($time, "%d:%d", $hours, $minutes);
> return ($hours * 60) + $minutes;
> }
>
> $time = mktime (1, 30);
> echo $time;
> echo "<br>";
> echo date ("H:i", $time);
> echo "<br>";
> echo getMinutes ($time);
> ?>
>
>
> "Hans 'pritaeas' Pollaerts" <pritaeas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e9li0g$r8n$1@news6.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
>> Try this, you can create a function from it:
>>
>> <?php
>> $time = date ("H:m", time ());
>> echo $time . " => ";
>> sscanf ($time, "%d:%d", $hours, $minutes);
>> echo ($hours * 60) + $minutes . " minutes";
>> ?>
>>
>> "PSI_Orion" <orion@psiss.com> wrote in message
>> news:WXpvg.494$t4.298@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
>> > Is there a simple function that returns HH:MM to an actual integer? In
>> > other words, would convert 1:30 to 90, 2:00 to 120, 4:00 to 240, 1:56
>> > to
>> 116
>> > etc. or is this something you have to create a function for?
>> >
>> > I've looked at all the date and time functions but for the life of me,
>> > I
>> > can't find which one it is I need to use.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > PSI_Orion
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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