I have a string, for example
20120201
I need to change it to
2012/02/01
obviously I need to add "/" after the 4th, 6th characters in the string.
Could someone help me do this in PHP?
Thank you.
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did you try substring? Also you could try php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php if it is always dateMilan Halada– Milan Halada2012-02-28 13:47:48 +00:00Commented Feb 28, 2012 at 13:47
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I've been looking for a suitable method to do this and havn't found any (probably because of my lack of experience). I had a look at substring, I couldn't figure out how to use it with this specific example I need.user1233852– user12338522012-02-28 13:50:35 +00:00Commented Feb 28, 2012 at 13:50
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The direct answer to your question is the substr answers you've seen below, but if it is always a date you're talking about, the better answer is the strtotime function mentioned by others. It's more clear when you see your code later or someone else has to code behind you, what you were doing and why. (Trust me, 2 years from now, you'll be glad you did it.)TecBrat– TecBrat2012-02-28 15:02:02 +00:00Commented Feb 28, 2012 at 15:02
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4 Answers
Something like this:
$final = substr($initial,0,4).'/'.substr($initial,4,2).'/'.substr($initial,6,2)
Use substr.
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Michael Laffargue
For info sake, the last
,2 is not required as substr will go to the end if the length isn't given
Narek
Thakns for info, didn't know.
You could use substr, something like
$result = substr($str,0,4)."/".substr($str,4,2)."/".substr($str, 6)
edit: Messing between Java and Php for String concat :p
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Kaii
you mean "." instead of "+" .. this is PHP not java(script). FTFY.
If you want inserting, you can use http://php.net/substr_replace
$string = "20120201";
$newString = substr_replace(substr_replace($string, "/", 6, 0), "/", 4, 0);
or concatenate substrings got by http://php.net/substr
$newString = substr($string, 0, 4) . "/" . substr($string, 4, 2) . "/" . substr($string, 6)
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You could use date_parse_from_format to parse the date you have there into a PHP date object, then you could output it in any format you'd like. A list of available date formats is located here
