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PHP CRUD Operations with PHP Reading and Writing Reports Working with Dates

Posted by Simbarashe Kazunga
Simbarashe Kazunga
13,104 Points

please help my code is not getting through

please help my code is not getting through

index.php 
<?php

function convert_date_sql($date) {
    //add your code here
  $dateMatch = explode('/',$date);
  var_dump ($dateMatch);
            if(empty($project_id) || empty($title) || empty(date) || empty($time)){
  $error_message = 'Please fill in the required fields: Project, titile, Date, Time';
  }elseif (count($dateMatch) !=3
          || strtotime($dateMatch[0]) ! = 2
          || strtotime($dateMatch[1]) ! = 2
           || strtotime ($dateMatch[4]) ! =4
           ||!checkdate($dateMatch[0],$dateMatch[1], $dateMatch)
          ){
    $error_message = 'Invalid Date';
  }
}

2 Answers

Martin Balon
Martin Balon
43,651 Points
Martin Balon
Martin Balon
43,651 Points

Hi, try this code instead.

<?php

function convert_date_sql($date) {
    //add your code here
    $newDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date));
    return $newDate;

}
Simbarashe Kazunga
Simbarashe Kazunga
13,104 Points
Simbarashe Kazunga
Simbarashe Kazunga
13,104 Points

Martin thanks so much, it worked!!