Best way to cut string in PHP

Question

I don't want to know how to use substr, there are many examples. But I want to know if it is the best way to short a string? Is there a better/more professional way to do this?

For example, this is what my print_r gives me. But I only need houres and minutes.

 string(25) "2020-03-05T12:00:00+01:00"

it would be better for you to format that datetime then to work with it as a string — Zeljka, Mar 05 '20 at 12:50
Does this answer your question? [PHP, How to get current date in certain format](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5206829/php-how-to-get-current-date-in-certain-format) — yivi, Mar 05 '20 at 15:40

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '20 at 12:51

You could use this piece of code :

<?php

$time = "2020-03-05T12:00:00+01:00";
$dt = new DateTime($time);
echo $dt->format('H:i');

Doing this allows you for many advantages. You can, for instance, manipulate dates more easily (adding, substracting time intervals...) and format the result the same way.

Best way to cut string in PHP

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