help with converting string ..

[mulaus]

Hi im a php newbie

i have this code

<?
$noic = "811009-xx-xxxx";
$ex = explode('-',$noic);
$sp = str_split($ex[0]);

$year = $sp[0].$sp[1];
$month = $sp[2].$sp[3];
$day = $sp[4].$sp[5];

echo $day.'-'.$month.'-'.$year;

?>

it will change noic = 811009-xx-xxxx to date 09-10-81

what if my noic is in this format 811009xxxxxx

how do i do this..

TQ

[jscheuer1]

<?php
    $noic = "811009-xx-xxxx"; 
    $sp = substr($noic, 0, 6); 

    $year = $sp[0].$sp[1]; 
    $month = $sp[2].$sp[3]; 
    $day = $sp[4].$sp[5]; 

    echo $day.'-'.$month.'-'.$year;
?>

See:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

[mulaus]

thank you bro..

youre the man..

i love php :-)

[traq]

Note that if you use a more standard date format, you can use the DateTime class, which is designed for exactly this task.