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Convert number of minutes into hours & minutes using PHP

I have a variable called $final_time_saving which is just a number of minutes, 250 for example.

How can I convert that number of minutes into hours and minutes using PHP in this format:

4 hours 10 minutes

Solution 
  • function convertToHoursMins($time, $format = '%02d:%02d')
{
    if ($time < 1) {
        return;
    }

    $hours = floor($time / 60);
    $minutes = $time % 60;

    return sprintf($format, $hours, $minutes);
}

echo convertToHoursMins(250, '%02d hours %02d minutes'); // should output 4 hours 17 minutes