I recently uploaded my client's site onto a temporary server so that they could get started on data input while I fine tune the design.
When I launched it however, one of my sliders and one of my pages broke down completely [note: this only occurs on the server side; my localhost site continues to work perfectly].
I narrowed it down to my use of the date_create_from_format() function as I use it on both pages, and when I remove the element holding that bit of php, the site works fine. I have scoured my file for any missing semi-colons, or brackets, and I can't find any glaring errors. Here is my code as it was orginally on my localhost.
<?php
$end = date_create_from_format('Ymd',$ending_date);
$start = date_create_from_format('Ymd',$starting_date);
echo "<span class='month'>" . $start->format('F') . "</span>";
echo " ";
echo "<span class='day'>" . $start->format('j') . "</span>";
echo ", ";
echo "<span class='year'>" . $start->format('Y') . "</span>";
echo " - ";
echo "<span class='month'>" . $end->format('F') . "</span>";
echo " ";
echo "<span class='day'>" . $end->format('d') . "</span>";
echo ", ";
echo "<span class='year'>" . $end->format('Y') . "</span>";
echo ", $location";
?>
I have also tried converting it from the object to the procedural function (See below) but the result is the exact same.
<?php
$end = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $ending_date);
$start = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $starting_date);
?>
<?php
echo "<span class='month'>" . date_format($start,'F') . "</span>";
echo " ";
echo "<span class='day'>" . date_format($start,'j') . "</span>";
echo ", ";
echo "<span class='year'>" . date_format($start,'Y') . "</span>";
echo " - ";
echo "<span class='month'>" . date_format($end,'F') . "</span>";
echo " ";
echo "<span class='day'>" . date_format($end,'d') . "</span>";
echo ", ";
echo "<span class='year'>" . date_format($end,'Y') . "</span>";
echo ", $location";
?>
Someone on stackoverflow pointed out that there might be an issue regarding timezone being unidentified, so i made the following modification but the problem persisted.
<?php
$end = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $ending_date, new DateTimeZone('America/Toronto'));
$start = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $starting_date, new DateTimeZone('America/Toronto'));
?>
Really at a loss here and the deadline is looming. Anyone have any ideas?
