Splitting String??

Hey,

I have a date in the format MM-DD-YYYY contained within the variable $edate.
I want to split it into 3 variables $yyyy, $mm, $dd containing the year, month, and day respectively.

how can i do this??

Thanks

$str = explode("-", $date);

list($dd, $mm, $yyyy) = $str;

Seeing as you called your variable $edate change to:
$str = explode("-", $edate);

list($dd, $mm, $yyyy) = $str;

you can do it like this too


$edate = explode("-", $edate);
$dd=edate[0];
$mm=edate[1];
$yyyy=edate[2];


the other way works too i figured...hey i mite as welll tell you this way too

the list() method does basically what you did, but writing the list function is quicker.

You can find out more about the list function at http://www.php.net/list

u dont really even need the other variable

list($mm,$dd,$yyyy) = explode('-',$edate);

will do just fine

very true.

I generally define that as a variable as often i will need it later in the script i am writing, as an array maybe.

but if you need it once, that that would work fine.