PHP - Replace split

Question

I have these 2 functions in which I have to replace split with another php command:

function date_fr_mysql($date) {
    list($jour,$mois,$annee)=split("/",$date);
    $date = $annee."-".$mois."-".$jour;
    return $date;
} 
    
function date_mysql_fr($date) {
    list($annee,$mois,$jour)=split("-",$date);
    $date = $jour."/".$mois."/".$annee;  
    return $date;
}

with which function I can replace it to get the same result?

Because Split has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged. http://de3.php.net/manual/en/function.split.php — Bizboss, Mar 11 '11 at 16:33
It looks like you're trying to translate date formats from US to French. If you're doing this a lot, you might want to look at the IntlDateFormatter class http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.intldateformatter.php — dnagirl, Mar 11 '11 at 16:36

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 02 '11 at 12:17

7

You can use the explode function.

edited Sep 02 '11 at 12:17

Sebastian Mach

38,570
8
95
130

answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:33

Shakti Singh

84,385
21
134
153

In the OP's code (and in most uses of split, at least in my experience) this works great. In some cases though the functions aren't identical, as `split` supports regular expressions whereas `explode` does not. For ones that use regular expressions, `preg_split` is the go-to replacement. When you don't need this functionality, `explode` is faster. – cazort Aug 23 '21 at 21:22

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:33

5

The function explode is similar to split, except it does not regexes. Use preg_split if you need regex support.

answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:33

Sjoerd

74,049
16
131
175

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 17 '12 at 16:29

I have this example from PHP manual on split function over date:

<?php  
// Delimiters may be slash, dot, or hyphen                     `

    $date = "04/30/1973";  
    list($month, $day, $year) = split('[/.-]', $date);  
    echo "Month: $month; Day: $day; Year: $year";  
?>

After some experimentation, the solution to avoid a deprecated warning and still have the same result is:

<?php  
    // Delimiters may be slash, dot, or hyphen  
    // test preg_split per /
     $valore2 = "2010/01/01";

    //list($month, $day, $year) = split('[/.-]', $valore2);
    list($year, $month, $day) = preg_split('[/|\.|-]', $valore2);
    echo "Month: $month; Day: $day; Year: $year\n";

    // test preg_split per -
    $valore2 = "2010-01-01";

    //list($month, $day, $year) = split('[/.-]', $valore2);
    list($year, $month, $day) = preg_split('[/|\.|-]', $valore2);
    echo "Month: $month; Day: $day; Year: $year\n";

    // test preg_split per .   
    $valore2 = "2010.01.01";

    //list($month, $day, $year) = split('[/.-]', $valore2);
    list($year, $month, $day) = preg_split('[/|\.|-]', $valore2);
    echo "Month: $month; Day: $day; Year: $year\n";
?>

Hope this helps.

This seems like overkill! Check out the solutions using `explode`; the OP wasn't using the regular expressions capability of `split`, so that solution not only works, but it offers a performance gain. — cazort, Aug 23 '21 at 21:24

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:33

1

Given it seems you're just changing - to /, how about

$date = str_replace('-', '/', $date);

answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:33

Marc B

356,200
43
426
500

1

the order of year, month and day is also being reversed, so it's a bit more than just str_replace() – Mark Baker Mar 11 '11 at 16:46
1

true 'nuff. Though since it's mysql_fr and fr_mysql, should be much easier to just format the dates in mysql to begin with, rather than doing processing in php. – Marc B Mar 11 '11 at 16:47

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:34

1

date ( 'Y-m-d', strtotime ( $your_date ) );

answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:34

bensiu

24,660
56
77
117

1

much better to treat a date as a date rather than as a string. – dnagirl Mar 11 '11 at 16:39

PHP - Replace split

5 Answers5