Convert mssql datetime object to PHP string

Question

I\'m grabbing some information from a database and the record is in an MSSQL DateTime format, when I return it, it shows in my array as follows:

[arrayItem] =>         


        

Answer 1

Try this. It works for me:

$array['arrayItem']->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php

Answer 2

echo $array['arrayItem']->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Answer 3

Another solution is to loop.

$_date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('D M d Y H:i:s e+', $the_date);
foreach($_dateStart as $row){
   echo $row; // returns 2014-06-04 15:00
   break;     // stops at the first position
}

Answer 4

It is functionality and simple to use.

You can convert date from date object instead of string here is the way how to use:

$obj->arrayItem->format('H:i:s')
$obj->arrayItem->format('Y-m-d')

Answer 5

This worked for me

date('Y-m-d', strtotime($rs->Fields('time')->value)

For Adodb connection on MSSQL Server

Answer 6

If you want to show data in PHP page you just copy and paste in <?php ?> code :

$serverName = "your_sqlserver";
$username = "your_username";
$password = "your_password";
$database = "your_database";
$connectionInfo = array( "UID"=>$username, "PWD"=>$password, "Database"=>$database, "ReturnDatesAsStrings"=>true);
$connection = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionInfo);

$result = sqlsrv_query( $connection,"SELECT  * from table'");
$msrow = sqlsrv_fetch_array($result);

print_r($msrow['column_name']);