Get PHP Datetimezone through variables

Question

This is how I get the date time of a city,

$date = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Bangkok'));

instead that need to get it from variables, I tried the below code but it not successful.

$type     = 'Asia';       
$type1     = 'Bangkok';

$date = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('$type/$type1'));

Please help me with this.

Variables are not interpreted in single quotes. Use double-quotes: "$type/$type1" — Matt Runion, Sep 03 '18 at 03:03

mpm · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-03T10:39:51.210

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You need to use double quotes

  $date = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone("$type/$type1"));

for an explanation, I will refer you to this question explaining the difference between '' and "" in PHP.

edited Sep 03 '18 at 10:39

answered Sep 03 '18 at 03:02

mpm

You should explain why... this person is obviously new to PHP. – Brad Sep 03 '18 at 03:05

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