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Author RE: [PHP-DB] Date Conversion
Ralph Brickley

2006-05-16, 7:00 pm

A simple associate array would work as well, although not quite as elegent.
$months_arr = array("January"=>01, "February"=>02...);

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Bomgardner [mailto:mbomgardner@kletc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:35 PM
To: Php-Db
Subject: [PHP-DB] Date Conversion

PHP 4.4/MySQL 4.0

I am tying to convert a date to put into a database from a string (ie:
January, February) to a numeric value (ie: 01,02). I am taking the
value from a form, which is a drop down menu listing the months.

$sMonth1 = $_POST['Smonth']; returns the money selected from the form.
When I go to format the month from a string to numeric with
date('m',strtotime($sMonth1));
it returns 12, no matter which month I select.

In reading the docs at php.net, date('m',strtotime($sMonth1)); is
correct to reformat from a string to a time format.

What am I missing.


mark bomgardner

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Ralph Brickley

2006-05-16, 7:00 pm

ADDENDUM:

To Convert your date string, use the associate array:
$months_arr = array("January"=>01, "February
=>02...);

$month = $months_arr["February"];

* Replace $months_arr["February"] with $_POST["Month"];

// Output
$month = 01;



Ralph Brickley

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Brickley [mailto:ralphbrickley@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:29 PM
To: mbomgardner@kletc.org; 'Php-Db'
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Date Conversion

A simple associate array would work as well, although not quite as elegent.
$months_arr = array("January"=>01, "February"=>02...);

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Bomgardner [mailto:mbomgardner@kletc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:35 PM
To: Php-Db
Subject: [PHP-DB] Date Conversion

PHP 4.4/MySQL 4.0

I am tying to convert a date to put into a database from a string (ie:
January, February) to a numeric value (ie: 01,02). I am taking the
value from a form, which is a drop down menu listing the months.

$sMonth1 = $_POST['Smonth']; returns the money selected from the form.
When I go to format the month from a string to numeric with
date('m',strtotime($sMonth1));
it returns 12, no matter which month I select.

In reading the docs at php.net, date('m',strtotime($sMonth1)); is
correct to reformat from a string to a time format.

What am I missing.


mark bomgardner

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