The date_parse() is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to find the detailed information about a specified date. This function returns an associative array of detailed information for a specified date on success and returns FALSE on failure
Syntax:
date_parse($date)
Parameters Used: The date_parse() function accepts only one parameter as mentioned above and described below:
- $date: It is a mandatory parameter which specifies the date (in a format accepted by strtotime() function)
Return Value: Returns an associative array containing information about the parsed date.
Errors/Exceptions: In case if the date format has an error, an error message will appear.
Below programs illustrate the date_parse() function.
Program 1:
<?php // PHP program to illustrate // the date_parse function print_r(date_parse("2018-06-27 12:30:45.5")); ?> |
Array
(
[year] => 2018
[month] => 6
[day] => 27
[hour] => 12
[minute] => 30
[second] => 45
[fraction] => 0.5
[warning_count] => 0
[warnings] => Array
(
)
[error_count] => 0
[errors] => Array
(
)
[is_localtime] =>
)
Program 2: If we Passing incorrect format of date in function then program run successfully but it will count errors. below program show [error_count] =gt; 1.
<?php // PHP program to illustrate // the date_parse function // Passing incorrect format of date then // it will gives errors. // [error_count] => 1 print_r(date_parse("2018-18-18")); ?> |
Array
(
[year] => 2018
[month] => 1
[day] => 1
[hour] =>
[minute] =>
[second] =>
[fraction] =>
[warning_count] => 0
[warnings] => Array
(
)
[error_count] => 1
[errors] => Array
(
[6] => Unexpected character
)
[is_localtime] => 1
[zone_type] => 1
[zone] => 1080
[is_dst] =>
)
