How can the issue of negative hours in PHP calculations be addressed?

When dealing with negative hours in PHP calculations, one way to address the issue is to convert the negative hours into a positive value by adding 24 hours to the negative result. This ensures that the calculations are accurate and consistent.

$hours = -5; // Example of negative hours

if ($hours < 0) {
    $hours += 24; // Convert negative hours to positive by adding 24
}

echo "Adjusted hours: " . $hours;