PHP Parse Date String

Question

If I\'ve got a date string:

$date = \"08/20/2009\";

And I want to separate each part of the date:

$m = \"08\";
$d = \"20\";         


        

Answer 1

Check out PHP's date_parse function. Unless you're sure input will always be in a consistent format, AND you validate it first, it is much more stable and flexible, (not to mention easier), to let PHP try to parse the format for you.

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