Hello there,
I would like to thank for this amazing plugin! and ask for a bit of help making the date picker display the date nicely in php 5.2
I have been trying to implement the following code:
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', get_field('date_picker'));
echo $date->format('d-m-Y');
which functioned perfectly in my localhost but didnt work out online in the server.
It gave me the following error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined method DateTime::createfromformat()
I googled it and it turns out that the createDateFormat is available for PHP versions >= 5.3.0. I checked the server I am working with and I have PHP 5.2.6 only.
Unfortunately, I dont have access to the server to make a php update right now, and I would like to know if its possible to find a workaround in this code to make it work in php 5.2. Unfortunately I am so good in php coding yet. Any help would be highly appreciated.
all the best.
Try this:
list($day, $month, $year) = sscanf('12/04/2010', '%02d/%02d/%04d'); // field value
$datetime = new DateTime("$year-$month-$day"); // your format
echo $datetime->format('r'); // desired format
source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2621433/date-create-from-format-equivalent-for-php-5-2-or-lower
Any chance that someone is able to take the code in the first reply, and relate it to the code in the original ticket? I have the same issue (shared server and unable to update the PHP version), so need to be able to output the date in a standard dd/mm/yy format.
Hi @tebbott
Using the strtotime function should work like this:
<?php
$date = get_field('date');
// $date = 19881123 (23/11/1988)
// extract Y,M,D
$y = substr($date, 0, 4);
$m = substr($date, 4, 2);
$d = substr($date, 6, 2);
// create UNIX
$time = strtotime("{$d}-{$m}-{$y}");
// format date
echo date('d/m/Y', $time);
?>
Good luck!
Cheers
E
You’re an inspiration Elliot. Your first class customer service is paralleled only by the amazing plugin you’ve created.
Its individuals like yourself that’re moulding and shaping the internet. A true pioneer.
Many thanks.
I have try thry this but i want to show my date in french like that (25 septembre). So i change the last line like that: echo date(‘F m’, $time);
But the text is in English, how can i set it in french?
