RE: [PHP] 2 NEWBIE QUESTIONS
| From: | Kees Hoekzema | Date: | Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:38:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] 2 NEWBIE QUESTIONS | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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hey,
>
> 1) Is there any PHP command that'll convert a MySQL database
> timestamp into
> a format that humans can read?!! For example, I want to change
> "20010822001245" into "00:12.45 on the 22-08-2001"?
take a look at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
> 2) This is the hard question. I have a script that gets values from a
> database and then includes a php page which contains "echo $variable" code
> to get the values from the database onto the page.
>
> What I want to do is have the PHP page code in the main script instead of
> being included externally. So i tried putting the code into a variable and
> then including, but it didnt work. Then I tried echoing the
> variable but the
> PHP code isnt executed.
and take a look at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php
sincerly,
- Kees Hoekzema