- date: documentation ( source)
- strtotime: documentation ( source)
<?php
$d1 = "00:08:27";
$d2 = "00:01:32";
echo date('H:i:s',strtotime($d1 + $d2));
//$date1 = new DateTime('00:08:27');
//$date2 = new DateTime('00:01:32');
//$diff = $date2->diff($date1);
//print_r( $diff )