formatting date from numbers

[droidus]

I am trying to format my date that I retrieve from a database.  here is my code:

 

$date = 1346078003;
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

[Jessica]

You need to turn on error_reporting and set it to E_ALL. The code you have will generate plenty of errors. If you got them, you should post them with your code for the future.

 

You have an integer and are trying to use it as an object. The proper syntax for this would be echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $date);

If you are trying to use a DateTime object, you need to create that object, rather than trying to use the int you have.

[scootstah]

You forgot the DateTime constructor.

 

$date = 1346078003; should be $date = new DateTime(1346078003);

 

The manual would have told you this. http://us2.php.net/datetime