parsing a date

[40esp]

how would I parse a date like: 2006-12-25

 

to create a variables called:

 

$year

$month

$day

 

with values from the string?

[pocobueno1388]

<?php

$date = "2006-12-25";
list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $date);

 

I didn't test this, but it should work.