How to Convert a PHP String to Date?

avinashi · #1 (**permalink**) 05-24-2010, 08:27 AM

Obtain the string you want to convert into a date. This can be through a text box on an HTML form or it might be from a database table.
Store this string in a string variable using the assignment statement. For example, if using a form, $myDate = $_POST["txtDate"];
Define a variable to store the resulting date. Do this using the assignment operator and store a zero in the variable: $resultDate = 0;
Use the strtotime function to convert the string and store it in the date variable: $resultDate = strtotime($myDate);

cuinan · #2 (**permalink**) 05-25-2010, 01:24 AM

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andrikcode · #3 (**permalink**) 05-25-2010, 07:25 AM

Code:
<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="CallMe.php">
<TABLE>

<TR>
Date:<BR>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="DATE" VALUE="<?php echo $DATE ?>"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER">+</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="OFFSET" VALUE="<?php echo $OFFSET ?>"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="="></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="RESULT"
VALUE="<?php echo date("M j, Y",(strtotime($DATE)+60*60*24*($OFFSET))) ?>" disabled></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

saviourdlima · #4 (**permalink**) 06-04-2010, 11:41 AM

I basicly want to take three inputs and make them into one date object.

Should I then combine them into one string first?

so would it be
$datestring= $year.$month.$day;

then

$time = strtotime( $datestring );

then
$myDate = date( 'y-m-d', $time ); ?

neilfriston · #5 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 04:54 AM

To make them into one date object, what I want is to take three inputs and work accordingly. Into one string, firstly should I combine them?

cliffdodger · #6 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 11:09 PM

Definitely combine them into one string but make sure you consider what format you want to represent them in. Mysql has a lot of nice time saving functions for this stuff MySQL :: MySQL 5.1 Reference Manual :: 11.7 Date and Time Functions

If your app is already opening a database connection then you can borrow any of these mysql functions to save on your php coding.

zhenxit · #7 (**permalink**) 07-07-2010, 02:05 AM

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zhenxit · #9 (**permalink**) 08-14-2010, 02:20 AM

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yubaixin19 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 09:22 AM

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.