Remove certain characters of array variable?

Question

I would like to remove the last certain characters of following array api variable 'min_date_created' like

$filter = array('min_date_created' => "$start_date");//query filter

Here the values of

'min_date_created'=Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:53:26 +0000

So i want to remove the last 15 characters, so i expect the following format

'min_date_created'=Mon, 24 Sep 2012

So please any one help me how can i change this array variable 'min_date_created' in required format.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 19:55:19Z

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You can format using the date & strtotime function like below

https://www.php.net/strtotime

<?php 

  //format the date
 $min_date_created = date('D, d M Y', strtotime($start_date));

 $filter =  array('min_date_created'=>$min_date_created);

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Prabu Over a year ago

Thanking you. But here i don't want to change the value of variable $start_date .Just i want to removed the last 15 digits of array variable 'min_date_created' only. So i would like to expect some array functions like substr etc.

Sundar Over a year ago

$start_date is different variable that will never change

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:57:48Z

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Expanding Sundar's Answer , You can achieve simpler using an array_walk to do modify all the array elements in a single go.

<?php
$startdate="Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:53:26 +0000"; // Usually you will be getting from a POST variable.
$filter = array('min_date_created' => $startdate);
array_walk($filter,'formatDT');
function formatDT(&$v,$k)
{
    $v=date('D, d M Y', strtotime($v));
}
print_r($filter);

OUTPUT :

Array
(
    [min_date_created] => Mon, 24 Sep 2012
)

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user2066189 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-24 13:09:01Z

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You could use substr to remove the last 15 characters from $start_date before using it in the array.

$filter = array('min_date_created' => substr($start_date, 0, -15));

Output

array (
    'min_date_created' => 'Mon, 24 Sep 2012',
)

answered Feb 24, 2014 at 13:09

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