Given the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight, compute the time in hours, minutes and seconds.
Here's a quick method:
<?
// a random number of seconds
$seconds = mt_rand(1, 86400);
// output the hours, minutes and seconds that have elapsed
echo 'For ' . $seconds . ':<br/>'
. intval($seconds / 3600) . ' hour(s), '
. intval(($seconds % 3600) / 60) . ' minute(s) and '
. $seconds % 60 . ' second(s)<br/>';
?>Which produces:
For 4866:
1 hour(s), 21 minute(s) and 6 second(s)
A method using date functions:
<?
// store the number of seconds per day
define(SECONDS_PER_DAY, 86400);
// a random number of seconds
$seconds = mt_rand(1, SECONDS_PER_DAY);
// get the time at the start of today
// and then add on the seconds
$elapsed = strtotime('00:00') + $seconds;
// output the hours, minutes and seconds that have elapsed
// intval is used to remove leading zero's
echo 'For ' . $seconds . ':<br/>' // total seconds
. date(G, $elapsed) . ' hour(s), ' // hours
. intval(date(i, $elapsed)) . ' minute(s) and ' // minutes
. intval(date(s, $elapsed)) . ' second(s)'; // seconds
?>Which produces:
For 51758:
14 hour(s), 22 minute(s) and 38 second(s)