PHP DateTime __construct() Failed to parse time string (xxxxxxxx) at position x

Question

I had this construction error when trying to creating a new DateTime object using a timestamp:

Exception: DateTime::_construct(): Failed to parse

Answer 1

You should use setTimestamp instead, if you hardcode it:

$start_date = new DateTime();
$start_date->setTimestamp(1372622987);

in your case

$start_date = new DateTime();
$start_date->setTimestamp($dbResult->db_timestamp);