PHP : Convert string to timestamp or datestamp before storing to database(MariaDB/MySQL)
Problem :
Need to convert a date string in PHP before storing the date into database(MariaDB/MySQL). The field in table is of type timestamp
and the format is 0000-00-00 00:00:00
. How to do that?
Solution :
Use strtotime()
function to convert the string to timestamp in PHP. Then adjust the timestamp to 0000-00-00 00:00:00
format with the date()
function.
For example :
$str := "12-09-2015";
$date_str = strtotime($str);
$store_to_sql_date = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $datestr );
See also : PHP : Convert(cast) string to bigInt
By Adam Ng
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