Title: Movie runtime output format
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Movie runtime output format

 *  Resolved [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/)
 * (@film-complet-en-francais)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/runtime-format/)
 * Hi, I really like this plugin. I wonder if it is possible to change movie runtime
   output format? Currently it’s in minutes, I want it to be like this: `0:00:00`
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/imdb-connector/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imdb-connector/)

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 *  Plugin Author [thaikolja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thaikolja/)
 * (@thaikolja)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/runtime-format/#post-5357938)
 * Hi and thanks for your nice words.
 * You can do that easily with just a few lines. Have a look here:
 *     ```
       <?php
       	/** The total runtime in minutes */
       	$minutes = "192 minutes";
       	/** We only want to keep the number */
       	$minutes  = preg_replace("'[^0-9]'", "", $minutes);
       	/** Convert to time */
       	$new_time = date("H:i:s", mktime(0, $minutes));
       	/** Output */
       	echo "Runtime: " . $new_time;
       ```
   
 * Let me know if that worked for you.
 *  Thread Starter [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/)
 * (@film-complet-en-francais)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/runtime-format/#post-5357947)
 * It’s working. Thank you very much!
 *  Plugin Author [thaikolja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thaikolja/)
 * (@thaikolja)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/runtime-format/#post-5357948)
 * You’re very welcome 🙂 If you have any suggestions to make IMDb Connector better,
   let me know.
 *  Thread Starter [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/)
 * (@film-complet-en-francais)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/runtime-format/#post-5357950)
 * An option not to cache movie posters would be nice. As I don’t use posters I 
   have to delete it manually.

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 * Last reply from: [Film Complet En Francais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/film-complet-en-francais/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/runtime-format/#post-5357950)
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