RE: [PHP] String to date

> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Bomgardner [mailto:mbomgardner@kletc.org] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 3:58 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] String to date > > I need to convert a date retrieved from user input to a mysql date. > Here > the problem, I need to convert one of three possible combinations, > either > 01/01/2008,01-01-2008 or 01.01.2008. I can't use explode because it's > limited to one character to explode on. I would prefer not to use > regexp, > but think I am going to have to. The one part of the code that works > below > is using 01/01/2008 format. Any suggestions > > echo $olddate = '06/06/2008'; > echo "<br />"; > echo $olddate2 = '06-16-2008'; > echo "<br />"; > echo $olddate3 = '06.26.2008'; > echo "<br />"; > echo $newdate = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($olddate)); > echo "<br />"; > echo $newdate2 = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($olddate2)); > echo "<br />"; > echo $newdate3 = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($olddate3)); Step 1.) Replace all "-" with "/". Step 2.) Replace all "." with "/". Step 3.) Err.. wait.. you're done. Todd Boyd Web Programmer