- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$dailyHours = 7.5;
$baseDate = new DateTime('2017-01-01', new DateTimezone('UTC'));
$endDate = clone $baseDate;
for($i = 1; $i <= 30; ++$i) {
$m = $i*15;
$duration = new DateInterval("PT{$m}M");
$endDate->add($duration);
}
$totalDuration = $baseDate->diff($endDate);
echo $totalDuration->format('%a days, %h hours, %i minutes');
$totalHours = $totalDuration->format('%a') * 7.5 + $totalDuration->format('%h');
$totalMinutes = $totalDuration->format('%i');
var_dump($totalHours, $totalMinutes);