i have $date variable 2009-04-29 which is Y-m-d
anybody can give idea how to extract into $d, $m, $y using simplest method as possible?
regex is preferable.
any more suggestion with simple method will be chosen. :)
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Use explode function
list ( $y, $m , $d ) = explode( '-' , $date ) ;
Refer following link for more information
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You could easily avoid regex by using
$y = substr($date, 0,4);
$m = substr($date, 5,2);
$d = substr($date, -2);
Edit: If you really want regex, you will have one =)
Try
preg_match('/(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})/', $date, $matches)
$y = $matches[1];
$m = $matches[2];
$d = $matches[3];
(I do not know if the backslashes in the expression need to be escaped, sorry)
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apis17
remember: simplest method will be selected but, regex is preferable. :) i want to explore more on regex.
apis17
can we use list to simplify the code?
Jens
@apsi17: Dunno. Just try
preg_match('/(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})/', $date, list(, $y, $m, $d)) and report back. I have no php interpreter available to me at the moment.apis17
its not work.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting '='