[SOLVED] Date function looking for Long string

[stevepatd]

I'm using the Date function and am getting a Warning message saying

 

"Warning: date() expects parameter 2 to be long, string given in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\lmc\labs\schedule.php on line 357"

 

My code is  $mon = date('M',$value);

I've tried initiating this as -  long $value; 

but it doesn't matter.

 

How do I make this second argument a long string??

[Barand]

What does $value contain now?

[stevepatd]

$value is the EPOCH time.

[Barand]

OK, so what format?

 

What does "echo $value" output?

[stevepatd]

1177045200

[Barand]

It needs to be a longint, which it appears to be

 

<?php
$value = 1177045200;
$mon = date('M',$value);
echo $mon; // --> Apr
?>

[stevepatd]

So how do I turn warnings off??

[Barand]

Did you echo the $value immediately before the the line giving the error?

[stevepatd]

Yes.

[Barand]

So how do I turn warnings off??

 

That is a bad idea. When developing, use

 

error_reporting(E_ALL);

 

The code I posted gives no notices, warnings or errors, so something else is going wrong. If $value has the value you posted then it should be OK with date() function.

[stevepatd]

Ok, I'll have to play with this.  Thanks for the help.

[stevepatd]

oops, I was reading the $value from a file.  There was a blank line at the end of this file which I was picking up.  Problem solved.