Can't access datestamp in array - help

[kenw232]

 Can someone tell me how to get this [date] into a string variable?  I'm not smart.  Thanks.

print_r($aContactToImport[LastUpdated]);

Gives:
DateTime Object
(
    [date] => 2016-05-04 12:08:18.000000
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

echo $aContactToImport[LastUpdated][date];

Gives:
Fatal error: Cannot use object of type DateTime as array in whatever.cgi on line 123

[kicken]

Your value is an DateTime object, not an array. The keys it shows when you run it through print_r / var_dump do not actually exist, they just show for debugging. To get a string version of the date, you need to call the format method.

 

Also, you need to quote your array key names.

 

For example:

$dateString = $aContactToImport['LastUpdate']->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');