note 118365 added to functions.user-defined

following is a function that can be used to convert numeric date to alphabetic date, e-g from 2015-11-16 to 16 Nov, 2015. 1. Function takes 3 parameters, numeric date, locale and length of month 2. Function currently supports EN and ES month names. 3. Function can be calles as <?php convertDate("2015-11-16","en","full"); ?> <?php function convertDate($date,$locale,$length){ $monthNames = array( "en" => array( "full" => array(1=>'January','February','March','April','May', 'June','July','August','September','October','November','December'), "short" => array(1=>'Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun', 'Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec') ), "es" => array( "full" => array(1=>'Enero','Febrero','Marzo','Abril','Mayo', 'Junio','Julio','Agosto','Septiembre','Octubre','Noviembre','Deciembre'), "short" => array(1=>'Ene','Feb','Mar','Abr','May','Jun', 'Jul','Ago','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec') ), ); $exploded = explode("-",$date); $year = $exploded[0]; $month = $exploded[1]; $day = $exploded[2]; $month = $monthNames[$locale][$length][$month]; $date = $day . " " . $month . ", " . $year; return $date; } ?> ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 90.170.124.223 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/functions.user-defined.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/118365 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118365/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118365/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118365/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118365/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118365/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118365/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118365 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/118365 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php