How should I integrate total differential correctly $dz=\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}dx+\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}dy$

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let say we have $z(x,y)$, and $x(t), y(t)$

From total differential we have $$dz=\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}dx+\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}dy$$

Then we differentiate it with respect to $t$:

$$\frac{dz}{dt}=\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}\frac{dx}{dt}+\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}\frac{dy}{dt}$$

Then I integral both sides with respect to $t$ again

$$\int\frac{dz}{dt}dt=\int\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}\frac{dx}{dt}dt+\int\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}\frac{dy}{dt}dt$$

$$\int dz=\int\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}dx+\int\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}dy=z$$

From the last line, I notice this is incorrect because we cannot integrate w.r.t different variables at the same time, but from the last equation, I integrate with $t$ on both sides, and this should be fine, so I don't see where it went wrong.

From the second equation, $\frac{dz}{dt}=\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}\frac{dx}{dt}+\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}\frac{dy}{dt}$, how do I recover $z$ correctly?


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