How to Convert Date String into Different format?

Question

I have a date that gets sent from a database which comes in a string format of '2018-01-01'. What I want to do is convert it into a string of month and year. E.G. 'January 2018'.

What would be the best way of doing so using PHP?

Answer 1

Try using the strtotime function to turn your string into a timestamp and the date function with the F Y format to get what you want:

$date = "2018-01-01";
$formatted = date("F Y", strtotime($date));