function mydate2time($str){
   if (!preg_match("/(?P\d{2})\/(?P\d{2})\/(?P\d{4})\s+(?P\d{2}):(?P\d{2})/", $str, $m)){
       return 0;
   }
return mktime($m['hour'], $m['minute'], 0, $m['month'], $m['day'], $m['year']);
}


$str = '30/10/2016 07:01';
$date = mydate2time($str);

echo "Input: $str
";
echo "To int: $date
";
echo "Test to time: ".date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $date);


//output
/*
Input: 30/10/2016 07:01
To int: 1477785660
Test to time: 2016-10-30 07:01:00
*/