How to convert HOURS:MINUTES to seconds in PHP?

Question

How to convert hour:minutes to seconds in php? I want to convert this value example: 6:30 (6 hours 30 minutes).

    echo gmdate("H:i", 11685); // this is to convert seconds to hours:minutes

I need reverse for this..

Answer 1

Just split it up and do the math, not hard.

list($hours, $minutes) = explode(':', $time, 2);
$seconds = $minutes * 60 + $hours * 3600;