[SOLVED] DateTime object

[Jonob]

Hi all,

 

Just getting to grips with the DateTime object in php - I need to have one of the objects in an array typed as DateTime, which is then sent via amfphp to a flex front end.

 

So, what I have done, is after my array is created from a mysql query, I have a __construct function that does something like:

$this->date_start = new DateTime($this->date_start);

 

And this works perfectly - the date_start object in the array is sent as a DateTime object.

 

The one area that I am having an issue, however, is that in certain cases I need to do some additonal php processing on that DateTime object in the array before it is sent....and this is where I am tripping up. I have tried to recast it back to a string using something like:

$new_date = date("Y-m-d", $array->date_start)

 

but I get an error message like

date() expects parameter 2 to be long, object given

 

Any ideas on how I can get around this?

 

Thanks for any advice.

[waynewex]

What is actually in $array->date_start??

[Jonob]

OK, managed to work this one out.

 

I need to do something like:

$new_date = date_format($vat_report[0]->date_start,'Y-m-d');

 

Basically, the date_format function converts a DateTime object into the format of your choosing.

 

Just in case someone else has the same question at some point in time, the full list of DateTime functions is here: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.datetime.php