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DateTime::createFromImmutable

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(PHP 7 >= 7.3.0, PHP 8)

Returns new DateTime instance encapsulating the given DateTimeImmutable object

Description

DateTime::createFromImmutable(DateTimeImmutable $object): static

object: The immutable DateTimeImmutable object that needs to be converted to a mutable version. This object is not modified, but instead a new DateTime instance is created containing the same date, time, and timezone information.

Returns a new DateTime instance.

Version	Description
8.0.0	The method returns an instance of the currently invoked class now. Previously, it created a new instance of `DateTime`.

Creating a mutable date time object

php

<?php
$date = new DateTimeImmutable("2014-06-20 11:45 Europe/London");
$mutable = DateTime::createFromImmutable( $date );

Source: reference/datetime/datetime/createfromimmutable.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)