Doc->Bug #67402 [Opn->Nab]: DateTime cannot be converted to string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67402&edit=1 ID: 67402 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: larene at pictordesign dot com -Summary: PHP 5.2.17 +Summary: DateTime cannot be converted to string -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug -Type: Documentation Problem +Type: Bug -Package: Performance problem +Package: Date/time related Operating System: Red Hat Lynix PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Presumably somewhere after this line, you are using $offer_end in a context where PHP will attempt to convert it to a string (such as an echo statement). DateTime objects (intentionally) do not implement a __toString() method, and cannot be converted to string. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-06-09 16:25:32] larene at pictordesign dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.date-create --- Putting this in my code: $offer_end = new DateTime('06/06/2014'); Results in this error: [Mon Jun 09 11:16:31 2014] [error] [client 70.34.10.173] PHP Catchable fatal error: Object of class DateTime could not be converted to string in /home/test455/www/test455.fsreloading.com/fsadmin/emailSpecialOffers.php on line 147, referer: https://test.fsreloading.com/fsadmin/emailSpecialOffers.php Test script: --------------- $offer_end = new DateTime('06/06/2014'); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67402&edit=1